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3.1.5.2 TikZ/PGF options

TikZ/PGF options are handled much as for PSTricks. Though TikZ/PGF often allows colors and styles to be given without corresponding keys, for example,

  \draw[red,ultra thick](0,0)--(1,1);
this is not permitted in sketch. To draw a red, ultra-thick line in sketch, the form is
  line[draw=red,style=ultra thick](0,0)(1,1)

Just as for PSTricks, when a polygon has options for both its face and its edges, and the polygon is split by the hidden surface algorithm, sketch must copy the edge options to pslines for the edge segments and the face options to pspolygons. TikZ/PGF options known to sketch for purposes of this splitting operation include arrows, cap, color, dash pattern, dash phase, double distance, draw, draw opacity, fill, fill opacity, join, line width, miter limit, pattern, pattern color, and style.

The style option can contain both face and edge information, so sketch must check the style value. Values known to sketch include dashed, densely dashed, densely dotted, dotted, double, loosely dashed, loosely dotted, nearly opaque, nearly transparent, semithick, semitransparent, solid, thick, thin, transparent, ultra nearly transparent, ultra thick, ultra thin, very nearly transparent, very thick, and very thin.