The graPHIGS Programming Interface: Technical Reference

<BODY BGCOLOR="FCFBF0"> <CENTER> <FONT COLOR="#A62A2A" SIZE="+2"> </FONT> </CENTER> <HR> <H1><a href="edition.htm">Eleventh Edition (October 1996)</a></H1> <H1><a href="tradem.htm#HDRTRADEMK"></a></H1> <H1><a href="notices.htm#HDRNOTICES">Notices</a></H1> <H2><a href="notices.htm#HDRPRGINFO">Programming Interface Information</a></H2> <H1><a href="about.htm#Header_6">About This Book</a></H1> <H2><a href="about.htm#Header_10">The graPHIGS API Library</a></H2> <H1><a href="amend.htm#HDRAFMXXSO">Summary of Amendments</a></H1> <H1><a href="part1.htm#HDRPT1">Part 1. Workstations</a></H1> <H1><a href="overvw.htm#HDRGENINFO">Chapter 1. General Information for Workstations</a></H1> <H2><a href="overvw.htm#HDRWKSTA">Accessing a Workstation</a></H2> <H2><a href="overvw.htm#HDRCH1">Description Tables in the graPHIGS API</a></H2> <H1><a href="supporte.htm#HDRSUPWKS">Chapter 2. Supported Workstations</a></H1> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRX11WIN">The X Workstation Family</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRANRBY">Additional notes for the POWER GXT1000, POWER GXT255P, POWER GXT250P, POWER GXT800P, POWER GXT500P, POWER GXT550P, and POWER GXT500 family</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRXSOFT1">The XSOFT Workstation</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRWK6090">The 6090 Workstation</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRWK5080">The 5080 Workstation</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRGDDMW">The GDDM Workstation</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRGDFW">The GDF Workstation</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRCGMW">The CGM Workstation</a></H2> <H2><a href="supporte.htm#HDRIMAGEWS">The IMAGE Workstation</a></H2> <H1><a href="wsdesctb.htm#HDRWDT">Chapter 3. Workstation Description Tables</a></H1> <H1><a href="part2.htm#HDRPT2">Part 2. Distributed graPHIGS API</a></H1> <H1><a href="apinucl.htm#HDRGPNUC">Chapter 4. The graPHIGS API Nucleus</a></H1> <H2><a href="apinucl.htm#HDRCON2NUC">Connecting to the Nucleus</a></H2> <H2><a href="apinucl.htm#HDRNUCDTAB">The Nucleus Description Table</a></H2> <H1><a href="apiconne.htm#HDRGPCONN1">Chapter 5. graPHIGS API Host and Workstation Connectivity</a></H1> <H2><a href="apiconne.htm#HDRGTWYDMN">The graPHIGS API Gateway Daemon</a></H2> <H2><a href="apiconne.htm#HDRSOCKM">The SOCKETS Connection Method</a></H2> <H2><a href="apiconne.htm#HDRFDDI">graPHIGS/GAM Direct Connection</a></H2> <H1><a href="enableus.htm#HDRDEBATE">Chapter 6. Enabling User Exits for Conferencing</a></H1> <H1><a href="part3.htm#HDRPT3">Part 3. Defaults and Nicknames</a></H1> <H1><a href="controle.htm#HDRCONENVI">Chapter 7. Controlling the Environment with Defaults and Nicknames</a></H1> <H2><a href="controle.htm#HDROVERSET">Overview of Controlling the Environment</a></H2> <H2><a href="controle.htm#HDRXEDF">The External Defaults File (EDF)</a></H2> <H2><a href="controle.htm#HDRXADIB">The Application Defaults Interface Block (ADIB)</a></H2> <H2><a href="controle.htm#HDRDEFAULT">Defaults</a></H2> <H2><a href="controle.htm#HDRNCKNAME">Nicknames</a></H2> <H2><a href="controle.htm#HDRPRCOPT">PROCOPTS</a></H2> <H1><a href="part4.htm#HDRPT4">Part 4. Character Sets and Fonts</a></H1> <H1><a href="apichars.htm#HDRCHARFAC">Chapter 8. Character Set Facilities of the graPHIGS API</a></H1> <H1><a href="apichart.htm#HDRCHARFT">Chapter 9. Character Sets and Fonts Provided by the API</a></H1> <H1><a href="definfon.htm#HDRUSRDFNT">Chapter 10. User-Definable Fonts</a></H1> <H2><a href="definfon.htm#HDRDEFCHAR">Defining Your Own Characters</a></H2> <H2><a href="definfon.htm#HDRDSPTXST">Displaying a Text String</a></H2> <H2><a href="definfon.htm#HDRFFORG">Font File Organization Overview</a></H2> <H2><a href="definfon.htm#HDROVERFF">Overview of Font File Contents</a></H2> <H2><a href="definfon.htm#HDRFNMCONV">Font File Naming Conventions</a></H2> <H2><a href="definfon.htm#HDRFFFSPEC">Font File Format Specifications</a></H2> <H2><a href="definfon.htm#HDRCSR">IBM 5080 Character Set Restrictions</a></H2> <H1><a href="part5.htm#HDRPT5">Part 5. Format and Content of Structure Element Records</a></H1> <H1><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDRSTELFMT">Chapter 11. Structure Element Content as Returned by GPQED</a></H1> <H2><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDRGENFORM">General Format</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDRSTECSE"></a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDRCOMDTP">Common Data Types</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDROUTPRIM">Output Primitives</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDRATTSSEL">Attribute Setting Structure Elements</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDRTRSSTEL">Transformation Setting Structure Elements</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqedstr.htm#HDRMISCSEL">Miscellaneous Structure Elements</a></H2> <H1><a href="gpqestru.htm#HDROLDONE">Chapter 12. Structure Element Content as Returned by GPQE</a></H1> <H2><a href="gpqestru.htm#HDROUTPR">Output Primitives</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqestru.htm#HDRATTBU">Attributes</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqestru.htm#HDRMANDV">Modeling and Viewing</a></H2> <H2><a href="gpqestru.htm#HDRMISCE">Miscellaneous Structure Elements</a></H2> <H1><a href="part6.htm#HDRAPNDXS">Part 6. APPENDIXES</a></H1> <H1><a href="statelst.htm#HDRTABLIST">Appendix A. State Lists</a></H1> <H2><a href="statelst.htm#HDROSL">Operating States</a></H2> <H2><a href="statelst.htm#HDRPDT">The graPHIGS API Descriptor Table (PDT)</a></H2> <H2><a href="statelst.htm#HDRPSL">The graPHIGS API State List (PSL)</a></H2> <H2><a href="statelst.htm#HDRSSL">Structure Store State List (SSL)</a></H2> <H2><a href="statelst.htm#HDRWSL">Workstation State List (WSL)</a></H2> <H2><a href="statelst.htm#HDRESL">The graPHIGS API Error State List (ESL)</a></H2> <H2><a href="statelst.htm#HDRUSL">Utility Function State List (USL)</a></H2> <H1><a href="eventdat.htm#HDREVDATFM">Appendix B. Event Data Formats</a></H1> <H2><a href="eventdat.htm#HDREVSUM">Event Summary</a></H2> <H2><a href="eventdat.htm#HDREVDFORM">Event Data Format</a></H2> <H1><a href="plotting.htm#HDRPLOTGP">Appendix C. Plotting with graPHIGS</a></H1> <H2><a href="plotting.htm#HDRPLOTRS">Plotting on the RS/6000</a></H2> <H2><a href="plotting.htm#HDRPLOTGDF">Plotting GDF Files</a></H2> <H2><a href="plotting.htm#HDRPLOTPS2">Plotting on AIX PS/2</a></H2> <H2><a href="plotting.htm#HDRPLOTVM">Plotting on VM/MVS</a></H2> <H2><a href="plotting.htm#HDRPLOTCGM">Plotting CGM Files</a></H2> <H1><a href="printing.htm#HDRPRNTCGM">Appendix D. Printing with graPHIGS</a></H1> <H1><a href="printing.htm#HDRKWABRV">Appendix E. How the Mnemonics are Generated</a></H1>