GCLOSE_GKS(3NCARG)

💖 gclose_gks — NCAR GRAPHICS, section 3NCARG 💖

okay bestie, gather round, it's time to say bye-bye to GKS 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

gclose_gks — closes the GKS package. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void gclose_gks( void );

look at her. no arguments. no return value. no drama. iconic behavior honestly ✨

🦋 USAGE 🦋

so when you call gclose_gks, it insures that the graphics package is properly terminated. that's the vibe. clean exit, no loose ends, main character energy on the way out the door 💖

⚠️ but listen — no graphics calls depending on GKS should be made during the time that GKS is closed. like, she's asleep. do not poke the sleeping GKS. not the move. 😭

now here's the tea 🍓: if output to a CGM has been the exclusive requirement of the graphics job, and the SPPS entry c_opngks has been used to open GKS and to open and activate a CGM workstation, then you can use c_clsgks instead — it deactivates and closes the CGM workstation, and closes GKS too. which means calling gclose_gks directly is unnecessary in that case. two roads, same destination, we love options 👑

🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to use the GKS C-binding routines, load the ncarg_gks and ncarg_c libraries. that's the whole access situation, bestie, no gatekeeping here 🎀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

💻 Online:

• gopen_gks(3NCARG)
• gopen_ws(3NCARG)
• gactivate_ws(3NCARG)
• gdeactivate_ws(3NCARG)
• gclose_ws(3NCARG)
• gupwk(3NCARG)
• opngks(3NCARG)
• clsgks(3NCARG)
• gks(3NCARG)
• ncarg_gks_cbind(3NCARG)

📚 Hardcopy:

• User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics
• NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

go read those, iykyk 📖✨

🎀 COPYRIGHT 🎀

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, no cap 💜 this was the NCAR GRAPHICS manual, GCLOSE_GKS(3NCARG), dated March 1993, living in the UNIX corner of the world. periodt. 💅✨🦋