GCLWK(3NCARG)

✨ GCLWK — closes a GKS workstation ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the NCAR GRAPHICS corner of the manual, page GCLWK(3NCARG). this one is short, sweet, and honestly so satisfying. it's giving closure. literally. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

CALL GCLWK (WKID)

that's it. one call. one argument. we love a low-effort queen. 👑

🦋 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🦋

for my C girlies, here's the same energy in a different font:

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void gclose_ws(Gint ws_id);

yes, the header is ncarg/gks.h and yes, the function is gclose_ws — the Fortran girlies get GCLWK, the C girlies get gclose_ws, and everybody goes home happy. 🌈

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

• WKID — (Input, Integer) — the number that identifies the workstation you wanna close. and listen, this is the important part: WKID must be the exact same number you used in some previous GOPWK call. no making up new numbers. no "close enough". it's the same one. periodt. 💖

💜 USAGE 💜

so what does closing a workstation actually do, you ask? so glad you asked bestie:

• it updates the workstation (one last lil refresh, a goodbye kiss 🫶)
• it removes its identifier from the set of open workstations
• it releases the connection to the workstation
• and the associated connection ID becomes available for re-use ♻️ — iconic recycling behaviour, we stan

basically it's the "okay bye, love you, text me when you're home" of GKS calls. 🚪✨

🔥 ACCESS 🔥

to use GKS routines, you gotta load the NCAR GKS-0A library, which is called ncarg_gks. load it. don't forget. i'm not gonna say it twice. (i will say it twice.) load ncarg_gks. 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Online:

• gopks
• gopwk
• gacwk
• gdawk
• gclks
• opngks
• clsgks
• gclear_ws

(notice gopwk in there? that's the one whose WKID you gotta match. iykyk. 🙈)

Hardcopy:

• User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics
• 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.

okay that's the whole page, you ate that, no cap. 🍓 this was GCLWK(3NCARG) from the UNIX manual, dated March 1993 — yeah she's an elder but she still slays. mwah. 💋🧚‍♀️