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Consider the following (inspired by this post):

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
    \coordinate (a) at (0,0);
    \coordinate (b) at (1,1);
    \draw [->, red] (a) -| (b);
    \draw [->] (a).. controls (a -| b) .. (b); % Shorter way to do this?
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}

it gives:

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Is there a shorter way of obtaining the second type of path, more curved?

Clément
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    That... looks pretty short already. Otherwise maybe the only way is to define your own macro – user202729 Apr 10 '22 at 04:54
  • Do the existing answers help you? What do you have in mind when it comes to shorter? – Qrrbrbirlbel Mar 15 '23 at 18:59
  • Thanks for the reminder, @Qrrbrbirlbel, I have accepted an answer. I meant "shorter to type", but the answers I have received have opened interesting new options :-) – Clément Mar 17 '23 at 15:35

2 Answers2

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Not sure exactly what "shorter way" refers to in the question, but I find it easier to read if the curve is specified by out=0, and in=-90 angles and looseness= is used to to control how curvy you want it.

Here is an example of three different settings for looseness=:

enter image description here

Code:

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
    \begin{tikzpicture}
    \coordinate (a) at (0,0);
    \coordinate (b) at (1,1);
    \draw [->, red] (a) -| (b);
    %\draw [->] (a).. controls (a -| b) .. (b); % Shorter way to do this?
    \draw [black, ->] (a) to[out=0, in=-90, looseness=1.50] (b);
    \draw [orange,->] (a) to[out=0, in=-90, looseness=1.25] (b);
    \draw [blue,  ->] (a) to[out=0, in=-90, looseness=0.75] (b);
    \end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
Peter Grill
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It is not clear what you mean with "more curved". Something like this?

Edit (1): Considered @Paul Gaborit comment:

Edit (2): Added use of arrows.meta and bending libraries:

enter image description here

Draw second line as line with curved corners=<radius>:

\documentclass[border=10pt]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{arrows.meta,
                bending}
\tikzset{> = {Straight Barb[bend]},
         }

\begin{document}\small
With default radius value:


\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (a) at (0,0);
\coordinate (b) at (1,1);
\draw [-&gt;, red] (a) -| (b);
\draw [-&gt;, rounded corners] (a) -| (b); 
\end{tikzpicture}




With radius of 10mm:


\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (a) at (0,0);
\coordinate (b) at (1,1);
\draw [-&gt;, red] (a) -| (b);
\draw [-&gt;, rounded corners=10mm] (a) -| (b); 
\end{tikzpicture}




\end{document}
Zarko
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