GACWK(3NCARG)

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✨ GACWK ✨ (aka Activate Workstation, bestie)

okay so this is a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual, section 3NCARG, and the star of the show is GACWK β€” which literally just means Activate workstation. That's it. That's the whole job. It activates a GKS workstation. πŸ’…


πŸŽ€ NAME πŸŽ€

GACWK (Activate workstation) β€” activates a GKS workstation. no cap, that's the entire personality.


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

CALL GACWK (WKID)

πŸ¦‹ C-BINDING SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void gactivate_ws(Gint ws_id);

πŸ’– DESCRIPTION πŸ’–

  • WKID (Integer, Input) β€” the number that IDs the workstation you wanna activate. and listen, WKID must be the same number you used in some previous GOPWK call. like, it has to match. if you made it up on the spot, that's not it, girl. πŸ™ˆ

✨ USAGE ✨

Active workstations receive all GKS output primitives. every single one. they're the main character, they get everything. πŸ‘‘


πŸ”₯ ACCESS πŸ”₯

To use GKS routines, you gotta load the NCAR GKS-0A library ncarg_gks. that's the vibe check you need to pass first.


🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Online, go read up on these besties:

  • gopks
  • gopwk
  • gdawk
  • gclwk
  • gclks
  • opngks
  • clsgks
  • gactivate_ws

Hardcopy (yes, paper, it's giving vintage):

  • User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics
  • NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

Copyright (C) 1987-2009 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.


okay bestie that's the whole page, you ate it up, go activate that workstation 🫢✨ this was GACWK(3NCARG) from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual, UNIX, dated March 1993 β€” iconic since day one, periodt. πŸ’…πŸŽ€

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