GINQ_CHAR_HT(3NCARG)

💖 GINQ_CHAR_HT 💖 — the NCAR GRAPHICS one, section 3NCARG

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about the little function that tells you how tall your letters are ✨

✨ NAME ✨

ginq_char_ht — she retrieves the current character height. that's it, that's the job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void ginq_char_ht(Gint *err_ind, Gdouble *char_ht);

like… two pointers, one include, no drama. we love a low-maintenance queen 👑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically you hand her two pointers and she fills them in. here's the tea on each one:

• err_ind (Output) — this is the vibe check 🫶. if the value you asked for can't be returned correctly, she drops a non-zero error indicator in here. if everything's chill, you get a zero. and if you need the full lore on what the error indicators actually mean, go read the "User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics" — that's where the answers live, not in my DMs.
• char_ht (Output) — and THIS one 🎀 contains the current character height, exactly as it was set by default or by gset_char_ht. so like, whatever height your text is currently serving, she reports it. no cap.

🦋 ACCESS 🦋

to use the GKS C-binding routines, you gotta load the ncarg_gks and ncarg_c libraries. both of them. not one. both. load them like you load your skincare routine 🧖‍♀️

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

💻 Online

• gtext(3NCARG)
• gset_text_path(3NCARG)
• gset_text_align(3NCARG)
• gset_text_font_prec(3NCARG)
• gset_char_ht(3NCARG)
• gset_char_space(3NCARG)
• gset_char_up_vec(3NCARG)
• gset_char_expan(3NCARG)
• gset_colr_rep(3NCARG)
• gset_text_colr_ind(3NCARG)
• ginq_text_path(3NCARG)
• ginq_text_align(3NCARG)
• ginq_text_font_prec(3NCARG)
• ginq_char_space(3NCARG)
• ginq_char_up_vec(3NCARG)
• ginq_char_expan(3NCARG)
• plotchar(3NCARG)
• gks(3NCARG)
• ncarg_gks_cbind(3NCARG)

📚 Hardcopy

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

it's giving ✨squad✨, honestly. every single one of them is invited to the group chat 💜

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

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

okay so real talk — this is governed by a License Agreement. read it, respect it, don't be weird about it 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! written for the UNIX manual, dated March 1993, filed under GINQ_CHAR_HT(3NCARG) — iconic behavior from a function that literally just measures text height 🎀✨ go forth and inquire responsibly 💖