OPNGKS(3NCARG)

💖 OPNGKS — the NCAR Graphics girlie's guide 💖

okay bestie, so this is OPNGKS(3NCARG), straight out of the NCAR GRAPHICS manual, and it's giving "vintage but make it functional." let's get into it ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

OPNGKS — she opens GKS, and then she opens and activates an NCAR GCM workstation (that's a workstation of type 1, bestie) with a workstation ID of 1 and a connection ID of 2. no cap, that's the whole job. 💅

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🌸 STATUS 🌸

ngl, OPNGKS is somewhat dated. she was mainly out here being used with NCAR GKS-0A back when this package only allowed for a single metacode workstation — like, one girl, one stage, no sharing. main character energy, but limited casting.

but now? the NCAR GKS package provides for multiple workstations to be open at once, so the recommended move is to use the standard GKS calls to GOPKS, GOPWK, and GACWK instead. so like… OPNGKS isn't cancelled, she's just not the it-girl anymore. 🙈

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

CALL OPNGKS

that's it. no arguments. she takes no notes, no feedback, no constructive criticism. iconic. 👑

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🦋 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ncarg/ncargC.h>

void c_opngks()

yes bestie, the C girlies eat too. 🫶

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⭐ EXAMPLES ⭐

use the ncargex command to see the following relevant examples: agex01.

that's the one. go look at her. 🔥

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🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to use OPNGKS or c_opngks, you gotta load the NCAR Graphics libraries ncarg, ncarg_gks, and ncarg_c — preferably in that order. order matters, she's particular, don't come for me. 💜

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Online: spps, gopks, gopwk, gacwk, clsgks, setusv, getusv, ncarg_cbind

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

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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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lowkey reminder bestie: OPNGKS is dated, so if you're building something new, go hit up GOPKS, GOPWK, and GACWK instead. iykyk. 💖

that's the whole page, fr fr — she's from the UNIX manual, dated March 1993, and she lives at OPNGKS(3NCARG). mwah, slay, periodt. 💅✨🎀