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%%  A DANTE-Edition example
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%%  Example 20-02-1 on page 309.
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%%  Copyright (C) 2011 Herbert Voss
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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{201.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{pstricks,pst-coil}

\begin{document}
\begin{pspicture}(4,4)
\pscoil[coilarm=.5cm,linewidth=1.5pt,
    coilwidth=.5cm]{|->}(4,3)
\pscoil[linecolor=red,
    coilheight=0.25](3,4)(3,1)
\pscoil[doubleline=true,linecolor=cyan,
    coilheight=0.75](0,4)(3,0)
\end{pspicture}
\end{document}