GQMK(3NCARG)

💖 GQMK 💖 (this one's from the NCAR Graphics manual, bestie)

okay so real talk — this page is called GQMK, and it lives in the NCAR Graphics family of man pages. It's the "inquire marker type" girlie. She doesn't set anything, she just tells you what's up. 👑

✨ NAME ✨

GQMK (Inquire marker type) — she retrieves the current value for the marker type. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

CALL GQMK (ERRIND, MTYPE)

🦋 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🦋

for the C girlies, the glow-up version:

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void ginq_marker_type(Gint *err_ind, Gint *marker_type);

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

• ERRIND — (Integer, Output) — this is your vibe check. If the inquired value can't be returned correctly, a non-zero error indicator lands in ERRIND. Otherwise you get a zero, and everything is slay. For the actual meaning of the error indicators, go consult the "User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics" — she's the authority, not me.
• MTYPE — (Integer, Output) — this hands you back the current value for the polymarker type, whether it got there by default or because somebody called GSMK. no cap.

and here's the whole menu of marker types, bestie, memorize it:

• 1 — . (dot)
• 2 — + (plus)
• 3 — * (asterisk) — this is the default, so if you never touched anything, this is what you're getting 🫶
• 4 — o (circle)
• 5 — X (cross)

lowkey important: these are the only values that mean anything here. don't go inventing marker type 6, that's not a thing. 🙈

🌈 ACCESS 🌈

to actually use the GKS routines, you gotta load the NCAR GKS-0A library: ncarg_gks. that's the entry fee, babe. ✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Online: gpm, gsmk, gsmksc, gscr, gspmci, gqmksc, gqpmci, point, points, ginq_marker_type

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.

and that's the whole page, fr fr. this one came out on UNIX, dated March 1993, and it's filed under GQMK(3NCARG). go forth and inquire about your markers, main character. 🎀✨💖