GQPMCI(3NCARG)

✨ GQPMCI — it's giving "tell me the polymarker color index" 💅

okay bestie, so this is a page from the NCAR GRAPHICS manual set (you'll see it filed under 3NCARG), and honestly? it's a tiny little icon. a baddie, but a small one. it does exactly one thing and it does it flawlessly. no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

GQPMCI — which stands for Inquire polymarker color index — literally just retrieves the polymarker color index. that's it. that's the whole job. she's employed and she's thriving. 🫶

📜 SYNOPSIS 📜

CALL GQPMCI (ERRIND, COLI)

🌈 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🌈

for my C girls, the crossover event you've been waiting for:

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void ginq_marker_colr_ind(Gint *err_ind, Gint *marker_colr_ind);

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so let's meet the two (2) arguments. yes, only two. we love a minimal queen. 👑

• ERRIND — Integer, Output. if the inquired value can't be returned correctly, you get a non-zero error indicator dropped into ERRIND. otherwise it's a clean little zero, and we move on with our lives. for the full lore on what the error indicators actually mean, go consult "User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics" — it's giving required reading, bestie, i don't make the rules. 📚
• COLI — Integer, Output. this is the moment. this is the whole point. it hands you back the polymarker color index as it was set either by default or by a call to GSPMCI. so if you're wondering "what color index is my polymarker even on rn" — boom, COLI tells you. she's the messenger. 🦋

🔑 ACCESS 🔑

to use these GKS routines you gotta load the NCAR GKS-0A library, aka:

ncarg_gks

load it. love it. cherish it. 💜

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

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

Hardcopy: User's Guide for NCAR GKS-0A Graphics; NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

the whole friend group showed up for this one. iconic behavior fr fr. 🎀✨

©️ COPYRIGHT ©️

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

no skips, no shortcuts — read the license, bestie, it's the law. 💀

and that's the whole page!! a short king of a manpage. this was the GQPMCI(3NCARG) entry from the NCAR GRAPHICS set, dated March 1993 and filed under UNIX — thanks for coming to my ted talk, mwah, go plot something cute. 💅🌸💖