plotting with dotted lines, not dashed

[Robert Rosenbaum]

I need to plot a function with a dotted line for a figure to be
published. As you may know PlotStyle->Dotted simply makes a dashed
line with small dashes. Since I already have a dashed line in the
figure, I would prefer an actual dotted line for this function.

I tried ListPlot with PlotMarkers set to discs, but these get spaced
according to the grid in the list I send to ListPlot. In order to
space them equally like Dashed does, I'd have to make a non-uniform
grid that depends on the derivative of my function (which I don't have
a closed form for).

Surely there is a reasonable way to plot with a dotted line, right?
Any ideas?

Best,
Robert

[dh]

Hi Robert,

in version 7.0.1:

from the manual:

Dotted: Dotted is equivalent to Dashing[{0, Small}]:

Dashing: If a segment has a length Subscript[r, i] specified as 0, it is

drawn as a dot whose diameter is the thickness of the line.

hope this helps, Daniel

[AES]

In article <hcgpl8$egs$1...@smc.vnet.net>, dh <d...@metrohm.com> wrote:

> Hi Robert,
>
> in version 7.0.1:
>
> from the manual:
>
> Dotted: Dotted is equivalent to Dashing[{0, Small}]:
>
> Dashing: If a segment has a length Subscript[r, i] specified as 0, it is
>
> drawn as a dot whose diameter is the thickness of the line.

The Input line for the first example in the Help message for "Dotted" in
Mathematica 7 is

Graphics[{Dotted, Line[{{0, 0}, {2, 1}}]}]

I copied the Output graphic produced by that input in the Help message
using the Mathematica "Copy as PDF" menu command; pasted it into an
Illustrator document that was open in Illustrator; and magnified the
view of that document.

The "dots" are clearly not dots but dashes or rectangles that are
something like 4 or 5 times longer than they are wide.