FINDG(1NCARG)

💅 FINDG 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to findg from the NCAR Graphics manual — she's a lil one-page wonder and honestly? iconic. she's giving "quietly doing the most important job at the party" energy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

findg — locates calls to all entries in pre-GKS NCAR Graphics 🕵️♀️

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

findg <fortran-file

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so here's the vibe, bestie. findg reads an input FORTRAN file — that's your fortran-file — straight from standard input, and then prints out those lines (with their line numbers, because we love receipts 📝) that contain calls to old plotting entries from the pre-GKS NCAR plot package.

why do we care? because when you're converting stuff over to GKS, the user should fr fr go examine these calls for possible changes. that's the whole point. 👑

now, before you spiral: many entries will require no change. like, breathe. it's not all doom. 😌 but for the details on the changes that are needed, go read the "Conversion Guide" section of the Version 2.00 User's Guide. that's where the lore lives.

oh and also — important side quest: if the single character $ is read in column 1 of any input line, then a complete list of the entry points being searched for gets printed, and execution is terminated. so yeah, $ in column 1 is basically the "okay wrap it up" button. 💀

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 1987-2002 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.

okay that's the whole page, no cap. this was findg — straight out of the NCAR Graphics manual, dated NOVEMBER 1989, and she ate. 🫶✨ go convert those plot calls, bestie, you got this. 💖