GFLAS1(3NCARG)

💾 GFLAS1 — the "hold my plot, I'm putting it on disk" era begins ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the NCAR Graphics manual, page GFLAS1(3NCARG). sit down, grab a boba, because we're about to talk about ✨buffering✨.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

GFLAS1</p> — literally the function that kicks off storage of your plotting instructions into a disk file, no cap.

So here's the tea: every plotting instruction that comes after GFLAS1 but before a GFLAS2 call gets stored on disk instead of being shoved straight into the output metafile. it's giving "put it in a drawer for later" energy 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

CALL GFLAS1 (IB)

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🎀 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <ncarg/ncargC.h>

void c_gflas1 (int ib)

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

• IB — (INTEGER, input) bestie this can be any integer between 0 and 99 inclusive, which means you can define 100 different storage buffers in a single job step. one hundred. iconic. 👑

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🌈 C-BINDING DESCRIPTION 🌈

The C-binding argument description is literally the same as the FORTRAN argument description. same vibe, different syntax. 💜

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🦋 USAGE 🦋

so GFLAS1 is a lil overachiever and automatically assigns the name GNFBxx to the file that's gonna receive all your subsequent plotting instructions — where xx is the integer value of IB. and yes, GNFB stands for GKS New Flash Buffer, now you know 😌

for example: if GFLAS1 is called with an argument of 9, then all the plotting instructions after that get stored in file GNFB09. slay.

👀 bestie listen — you may need to know the name of that disk file where the plotting instructions are stored, specifically if and when you use GFLAS4. so write it down or something.

and one more thing: the GNFBxx files are all created using FORTRAN logical unit IC as specified in the GOPWK call for WISS. periodt.

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🍓 EXAMPLES 🍓

use the ncargex command to see the following relevant examples, bestie:

• ccpmovi
• tgflas
• fgke02

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🔥 ACCESS 🔥

to use GFLAS1 or c_gflas1, load the NCAR Graphics libraries ncarg, ncarg_gks, and ncarg_c — preferably in that order. don't fight the order, the order knows what it's doing. 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Online: gflash, gflas2, gflas3, gflas4, ncarg_cbind.

Hardcopy: NCAR Graphics Contouring and Mapping Tutorial; NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

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💖 COPYRIGHT 💖

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💅 this was UNIX, dated March 1993, from the GFLAS1(3NCARG) manual — go forth and buffer responsibly 🎀✨🦋