GSCHXP(3NCARG)

📦 version 6.6.2, in epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 GSCHXP — it's giving "Set character expansion factor" 💖

okay bestie, welcome to NCAR GRAPHICS and specifically to GSCHXP from the 3NCARG manual, section 3. she's a lil Fortran-callable routine and what she does is literally just: sets the width to height ratio of text. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ✨

✨ NAME ✨

GSCHXP — Set character expansion factor — sets the width to height ratio of text. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

CALL GSCHXP (CHXP)

that's it, one argument, she's low maintenance 💅

🦋 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🦋

for my C girlies 🫶

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void gset_char_expan(Gdouble char_expan);

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

  • CHXP — (Real, Input) — this one's the star of the show. she specifies a deviation of the width to height ratio for characters drawn using the GTX output primitive. no cap.

okay so let's talk numbers, because this is the part that actually matters:

  • CHXP of 10.0 would specify a character that is 10 times as wide as normal. she's <em>wide</em>. she ate.
  • CHXP of 0.1 would request characters that are 1/10th as wide as normal. skinny legend behaviour fr fr.
  • the character height remains unchanged in both cases — only the width moves. periodt.
  • CHXP > 0. yes, strictly greater than zero. don't try it.
  • by default CHXP = 1.0 — that's your normal, unbothered, baseline character. 🧚
bestie listen: CHXP has to be greater than 0. that's the rule. i don't make them, i just relay them. 💀

🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to use GKS routines, load the NCAR GKS-0A library ncarg_gks. that's your entry ticket, no ticket no vibes 🙈

🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

Online: gtx, gstxp, gstxal, gstxfp, gschh, gschsp, gschup, gscr, gstxci, gqtxp, gqtxal, gqtxfp, gqchh, gqchsp, gqchup, gqchxp, plotchar, gset_char_expan

Hardcopy: User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics; NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

like. the whole friend group is here. go say hi. iykyk 💜

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

and that's the whole page, bestie — this came to you from the UNIX manual, dated March 1993 (yes, she's vintage, she's iconic, she predates you and she still slays). mwah 💋✨

📦 where this page comes from