GINQ_CHAR_HT(3NCARG)

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✨ GINQ_CHAR_HT ✨ (a.k.a. the NCAR Graphics manual, 3NCARG girlies rise up 💅)

okay so bestie, welcome to ginq_char_ht — literally "Inquire character height" — and it does exactly one thing: it retrieves the current character height. that's it. that's the whole personality. and honestly? iconic for it. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void ginq_char_ht(Gint *err_ind, Gdouble *char_ht);

look at her. two pointers, zero drama. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so you're passing in two things, and both of them are outputs — she's giving, not taking, periodt.

  • err_ind — (Output) — if the value you asked about can't be returned correctly, you get a non-zero error indicator dropped in here. otherwise it's a big fat zero, as it should be. 🫶 if you're like "okay but what do the error indicators actually MEAN," go consult User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics — that's where the lore lives.
  • char_ht — (Output) — this one holds the current character height, as set by default or by gset_char_ht. so basically she's the gossip: she tells you what the height is right now. 👑

🔥 ACCESS 🔥

to use the GKS C-binding routines, you gotta load the ncarg_gks and ncarg_c libraries. no libraries, no vibes. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Online 💻

  • gtext(3NCARG)
  • gset_text_path(3NCARG)
  • gset_text_align(3NCARG)
  • gset_text_font_prec(3NCARG)
  • gset_char_ht(3NCARG)
  • gset_char_space(3NCARG)
  • gset_char_up_vec(3NCARG)
  • gset_char_expan(3NCARG)
  • gset_colr_rep(3NCARG)
  • gset_text_colr_ind(3NCARG)
  • ginq_text_path(3NCARG)
  • ginq_text_align(3NCARG)
  • ginq_text_font_prec(3NCARG)
  • ginq_char_space(3NCARG)
  • ginq_char_up_vec(3NCARG)
  • ginq_char_expan(3NCARG)
  • plotchar(3NCARG)
  • gks(3NCARG)
  • ncarg_gks_cbind(3NCARG)

Hardcopy 📚

  • 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.

like. read the license bestie. it's giving legally binding. 💀

and that's the whole page, fr fr. this one came out of the UNIX manual, dated March 1993, and she's been serving character-height facts ever since. GINQ_CHAR_HT(3NCARG) — slay, ate, no crumbs left. ✨💖🌸

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