GINQ_LINETYPE(3NCARG)

✨ GINQ_LINETYPE(3NCARG) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the NCAR GRAPHICS section of the manual, page three of the NCARG series 💅 this one's all about ginq_linetype and it is literally the vibes-check for your line style. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, we're doing this.

💖 NAME 💖

ginq_linetype — retrieves the current setting for linetype. that's it, that's the whole job. she's a getter, not a setter, and she's iconic for it 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void ginq_linetype(Gint *err_ind, Gint *linetype);

look at her. two pointers, no notes. periodt ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea on the arguments:

• err_ind — (Output) — if the inquired value can't be returned correctly, you get a non-zero error indicator dropped right here in err_ind. if everything's chill? you get a zero. and if you wanna know what those error indicators actually mean, bestie, go consult the "User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics" — that's where the lore lives 📖
• linetype — (Output) — this hands you back the current value for the line type, whatever it is — whether it got set by default or by a call to gset_linetype. she remembers everything, no cap.

and here's your decoder ring for what those numbers mean:

1. Solid — clean, classic, main character energy 💅
2. Dashed — broken up but in a cute way
3. Dotted — tiny lil dots, so dainty 🎀
4. Dot-dash — the chaotic combo, and honestly? obsessed

🎀 ACCESS 🎀

to use the GKS C-binding routines, you gotta load the ncarg_gks and ncarg_c libraries. no libraries, no linetype inquiries, that's just the rules 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Online: gpolyline(3NCARG), gset_linetype(3NCARG), gset_linewidth(3NCARG), gset_colr_rep(3NCARG), gset_line_colr_ind(3NCARG), ginq_linewidth(3NCARG), ginq_line_colr_ind(3NCARG), dashline(3NCARG), gks(3NCARG), ncarg_gks_cbind(3NCARG)

Hardcopy: User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics; NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version — yes bestie, actual paper, retro fr fr 📚

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

Copyright (C) 1987-2009 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement. read it, respect it, slay responsibly 💜

and that's the whole page!! UNIX, March 1993, from the GINQ_LINETYPE(3NCARG) girlies to you 🧚✨ go forth and inquire about your linetypes, you've got this 💖