GSLN(3NCARG)

✨ GSLN (Set line type) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to GSLN — that's a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual (manual name right there, you're welcome 💅). this one is so simple and so useful: it sets the line type to solid or to one of the various dashed patterns. that's it. that's the whole job. and yet it's lowkey iconic because every dashed line you've ever drawn needed it. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

CALL GSLN (LTYPE)

that's it. one call, one argument. slay. ✨

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🦋 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🦋

for my C girlies (iykyk), here's the same vibe in C:

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void gset_linetype(Gint linetype);

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

• LTYPE — (Integer, Input) — the type of polyline to be drawn. okay so here are your options, and bestie, there are not many, which is honestly a blessing:
  • < 0 — implementation dependent. (not used in NCAR GKS-0A, so like… don't.) 🙈
  • 1 — solid line. this is the default, so if you do nothing, you get this. main character energy honestly. 👑
  • 2 — dashed line. classic. iconic. no notes. 🍓
  • 3 — dotted line. tiny little dots. precious. ✨
  • 4 — dashed dotted line. the both-at-once one. a little extra, and we love her for it. 💅
  • ≥ 5 — reserved for registration or future standardization. (not used in NCAR GKS-0A.) so it's giving "coming soon" but it is literally not coming, at least not from NCAR GKS-0A. 💀

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🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to use GKS routines, load the NCAR GKS-0A library ncarg_gks. that's the whole access situation. load the lib, live your truth. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Online: gpl, gslwsc, gscr, gsplci, gqln, gqlwsc, gqplci, dashline, gset_linetype
• Hardcopy: User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics; NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

go read those too, bestie, the lore is deep and it's all connected. 🌸

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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! no cap, that was a short one. sometimes the little routines carry the biggest vibes. 💖

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signing off from the UNIX manual, March 1993, on the GSLN(3NCARG) page — yeah, she's been here since '93 and she still eats. periodt. 💅✨