About This Book

This reference provides technical information about the functions and limitations of the graPHIGS API and its supported workstations. It also contains reference information, both general and specific, about particular aspects of writing applications, namely on Character Set Facilities and on Defaults and Nicknames.

The purpose of this manual is to provide applications programmers with a comprehensive volume of the technical information they need to accurately code or modify applications using the graPHIGS APIscreen

Audience

This book is intended for:

• Application Programmers
• System Engineers.

Organization

The book has five major parts and four appendices.

Part 1 is about workstations; Chapter 1 pertains to all workstations that the API supports, and Chapter 2 contains descriptions of the functions, limitations of the workstations, and the workstation description tables.

Part 2 is about the graPHIGS API nucleus, the graPHIGS API gateway daemon, and enabling user exits. It includes general information, connection information, and description tables.

Part 3 is about Defaults and Nicknames and explains specifically how to modify aspects of the programming environment.

Part 4 is about using the Character Set Facilities available with the API. This part has one chapter of introductory material about using character sets and fonts, followed by two chapters about using the character sets provided and defining your own character sets.

Part 5 contains the format and content of the API structure element record types available under the GPQED and GPQE subroutines.

Appendix A contains the states, tables, and lists used by the API.

Appendix B is about Event Data Formats. It describes the events supported by graPHIGS API and the format of the data sent to the application on an exit routine.

Appendix C describes how to plot GDF files on IBM Color Plotters, CalComp(**) Plotters, and Versatec(**) Plotters.

Appendix D describes how to print graPHIGS files.

Appendix E lists the keyword abbreviations used to formulate the graPHIGS API function names.

ISO 9000

ISO 9000 registered quality processes were used in the development and manufacturing of this product.

The graPHIGS API Library

Following are the publications in the graPHIGS API library:

System Management

• The GDDM/graPHIGS Programming Interface: Installation and Problem Diagnosis , SC33-8197
• The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Customization and Problem Diagnosis , SC33-8130

General Information

• The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Getting Started , SC33-8198
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Introducing , SC33-8190
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Tutorial User' Guide , SC33-8119
• The graPHIGS API: Demonstration Program , SK2T-0715 (AIX)

Program Development

• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Understanding Concepts , SC33-8191
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Writing Applications , SC33-8192
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Technical Reference , SC33-8193
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Subroutine Reference , SC33-8194
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Quick Reference , SC33-8195
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: ISO PHIGS Quick Reference , SC28-2705
• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: ISO PHIGS Subroutine Reference , SC33-8140
• The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: User's Guide for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8111
• The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Subroutine Reference for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8112
• The Personal graPHIGS Programming Interface: Quick Reference for the Graphical Kernel System-Compatibility Option , SC33-8113

Program Service

• The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Messages and Codes , SC33-8196

Related Publications

Publications that relate to this product include:

The graPHIGS Programming Interface

• graPHIGS Programming Interface Programming Examples , GG24-3588
• PHIGS Programming Manual , by Tom Gaskins, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc., Sebastopol, CA, 1992

IBM System/370

• System/370 Principles of Operation , GA22-7000
• System/370 Extended Architecture: Principles of Operation , SA22-7085

X-Windows

• AIXwindows Desktop User's Guide and Enhancements , GBOF-1820
• AIXwindows Programming Guide , GG24-3382

AIX

• AIX Version 4 General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs , SC23-2533
• AIX Version 3 User Interface Programming Concepts for IBM RISC System/6000 , SC23-2209
• AIX Version 3 Calls and Subroutines , SC23-2198
• AIX Version 3 for RISC System/6000 Commands Reference , GBOF-1802
• AIX Version 4 for RISC System/6000 Commands Reference , SBOF-1851
• AIX Version 3 for RISC System/6000 Topic Index and Glossary , GC23-2201
• AIX Version 4 for RISC System/6000 Topic Index and Glossary , SC23-2513
• AIX Version 3 for RISC System/6000 Technical Reference , SBOF-1539
• AIX Version 4 for RISC System/6000 Technical Reference , SBOF-1852
• AIX Version 4 System User's Guide: Base Operating System , SC23-2544