GQMK(3NCARG)

💖 GQMK — bestie, it's the marker type check-in 💖

NCAR GRAPHICS · GQMK(3NCARG) · the one where we ask the computer "hey, what marker are we using rn?"

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✨ NAME ✨

GQMK — short for Inquire marker type — literally just retrieves the current value for the marker type. That's it. That's the whole job. She's a getter, she's an icon, she doesn't do anything else. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

CALL GQMK (ERRIND, MTYPE)

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🦋 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🦋

For my C girls who are lowkey built different:

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void ginq_marker_type(Gint *err_ind, Gint *marker_type);

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so there's two things you're handing over, and both of them are Outputs, so don't come in here expecting to tell her anything. She tells you. Main character energy fr.

• ERRIND — (Integer, Output) — if the inquired value cannot be returned correctly, a non-zero error indicator gets dropped in ERRIND. Otherwise you get a zero, which is the good one, the slay one. 🫶 Consult "User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics" for a description of the meaning of the error indicators — that's where the lore lives, iykyk.
• MTYPE — (Integer, Output) — returns the current value for the polymarker type, as set by default or by a call to GSMK. She's just reporting the vibes, not changing them.

And here's the whole menu of what MTYPE can come back as, no cap:

1. . (dot)
2. + (plus)
3. * (asterisk) — this is the default 👑
4. o (circle)
5. X (cross)

That's the full roster. Five options. The asterisk is the one she shows up wearing unless you say otherwise. Periodt.

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🌈 ACCESS 🌈

To use GKS routines, load the NCAR GKS-0A library ncarg_gks. Gotta load her before she'll answer you, bestie. She's not gonna pick up if you don't dial. 😭

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Online: gpm, gsmk, gsmksc, gscr, gspmci, gqmksc, gqpmci, point, points, ginq_marker_type

Hardcopy: User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics; 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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bestie real talk: this page has been serving since March 1993 on UNIX, straight out of the NCAR GRAPHICS manual set, filed under GQMK(3NCARG). Old money. Still slaying. 💖✨🎀