Softfill_params(3NCARG)

✨ NAME ✨

Softfill_params — bestie, this is the lil doc that spills the tea on every single Softfill internal parameter 💖 (it's from NCAR Graphics, and yes she's iconic)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so Softfill has six internal parameters. that's it, that's the whole squad 🫶

for the deets, go look at the descriptions of the routines that set them and get them — they're the ones doing the actual work, we're just here for the gossip.

what follows is every Softfill internal parameter, listed in alphabetical order, with a lil description for each. every description starts with a line giving you the parameter name and the intrinsic FORTRAN type of that parameter — so you know exactly what you're working with, no cap 💅

• 'AN' - Integer or Real — angle of the fill lines, measured in degrees counterclockwise from horizontal ✨ the default value is zero.
• 'CH' - Character or Integer — character selector. here's the vibe check: -n means GKS polymarker n; 0 means dots; +n means CHAR(n). the default value is 0 🎀
• 'DO' - Integer — dot fill selector, and she's giving very binary: 0 means line fill; 1 means dot fill. the default value is 0, which (as you can probably guess) implies line fill 🦋
• 'SP' - Real — spacing of the fill lines, in the fractional coordinate system. the default value is 0.00125 ⭐
• 'TY' - Integer — the type of fill that SFSGFA is gonna use. buckle up, there's a whole menu:
  • -1 to -4 means patterns using lines in 1 to 4 different directions, varying in density as the argument ICI varies
  • 0 means color fill, by calling GFA, with ICI specifying the color index
  • 1 means simulated color fill, using lines in one direction, with ICI specifying the color index
  • 2 means simulated color fill, using lines in two directions, with ICI specifying the color index

the default value is 0 👑

• 'LDP' - Integer — an 8x8 array of type INTEGER containing nothing but 0s and 1s 🔥 it describes the dot pattern to be used when 'DO' is set non-zero to select dot fill, rather than line fill. and here's the plot twist: this internal parameter, unlike all the others, is accessed using the routines SFGETP and SFSETP 💀 (not me being the odd one out, honestly relatable)

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Online: sfgetc, sfgeti, sfgetp, sfgetr, sfsetc, sfseti, sfsetp, sfsetr

Hardcopy: NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

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

ngl bestie, this page has been serving since March 1993 🌈 it's the UNIX version of Softfill_params(3NCARG), and it's still cute, still relevant, still slaying 💜 mwah, study it and go off 👑✨