GINQ_CHAR_SPACE(3NCARG)

✨ GINQ_CHAR_SPACE ✨ (3NCARG)

okay bestie so this is a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual (that's the 3NCARG bit in the corner, iykyk) and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, big main character energy." 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ginq_char_space — aka Inquire character spacing — literally just goes and fetches the current value for character spacing. that's it. that's the whole job. she's a getter, she's booked and busy, and she ate. 🍓

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void ginq_char_space(Gint *err_ind, Gdouble *char_space);

yes bestie, you gotta include <ncarg/gks.h> first, no cap. 🙈

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the function takes two pointers, and both of them are outputs — you hand her empty boxes and she fills them in for you. iconic behavior tbh. 👑

• err_ind (Output) — if the value you asked about can't be returned correctly, a non-zero error indicator comes back in err_ind. otherwise you get a zero, which is the "we're so back" outcome. 💖 if you're staring at a nonzero number like 👁️👄👁️, go consult the "User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics" for a description of what the error indicators actually mean, because this page is not gonna spell it out for you.
• char_space (Output) — this is where the current value for character spacing lands. it's whatever the default is, or whatever got set by a call to gset_char_space. so like, she's not inventing a number, she's reporting the vibe that's already there. ✨

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🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to use the GKS C-binding routines, you gotta load the ncarg_gks and ncarg_c libraries. both of them. no skipping. 🫶

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💜 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_ht(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

the whole friend group is here, fr fr. 🧚

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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.

bestie, do not sleep on that license agreement. it's giving legally binding. read it. 💀

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and that's the whole page!! this version dropped on UNIX, back in March 1993, and it's still out here slaying as GINQ_CHAR_SPACE(3NCARG). periodt. 💅✨🎀