MAPINT(3NCARG)
π MAPINT β bestie's guide to the init routine (NCAR GRAPHICS, 3NCARG) π
okay so picture this: you're in the NCAR GRAPHICS cinematic universe, the manual section is 3NCARG, and the whole page is about one tiny little routine that does a whole lot of heavy lifting. it's giving backstage pass, it's giving stage crew energy. let's GO π
β¨ NAME β¨
MAPINT β Initialization. yeah that's it. that's the whole name section. short queen, minimal icon, no notes π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
CALL MAPINT
π¦ C-BINDING SYNOPSIS π¦
#include <ncarg/ncargC.h>
void c_mapint()
β DESCRIPTION β
bestie. listen. MAPINT has no arguments. none. zero. it's the low-maintenance friend who shows up, does the thing, and doesn't ask for anything. no cap π«Ά
π₯ USAGE π₯
okay here's the tea, and it's important tea β
MAPINTis required initially, and again after you call any ofMAPPOS,MAPROJ, orMAPSET. literally any of them. all three are chaos gremlins that reset the vibe.- there's this flag called
'IN', and you can grab it by callingMAPGTIorMAPGTL. it tells you whether or not initialization is required at a given moment. so if you're ever like "wait do i need to init rn??" β'IN'is your group chat, it always knows π - and here's the part that makes people go "wait WHAT" β no parameter change made through a call to
MAPSTxforces reinitialization. none. zero. zip. the only things that force reinitialization are calls toMAPPOS,MAPROJ, andMAPSET. periodt π
quick glossary moment because "MAPSTx" is not a real routine name:MAPSTxjust means any routine that starts with the charactersMAPST. it's a whole squad, not one girl. iykyk β¨
π EXAMPLES π
wanna see it in the wild? run the ncargex command and check out these relevant examples β go on, they're all right there:
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that's the whole roster, bestie. no skips, no cuts, all 30 of them ate π₯
π ACCESS π
to use MAPINT or c_mapint, you need to load the NCAR Graphics libraries ncarg, ncarg_gks, and ncarg_c β and yeah, preferably in that order. don't be chaotic about it, the order is the order π
π¬ MESSAGES π¬
want the full rundown of all EZMAP error messages and/or informational messages? go read the ezmap man page. it's all documented over there, we're not retyping the whole thing, that's a whole other post π
π SEE ALSO π
π Online
ezmap, ezmap_params, mapaci, mapbla, mapblm, mapdrw, mapeod, mapfst, mapgci, mapgrd, mapgrm, mapgtc, mapgti, mapgtl, mapgtr, mapiq, mapiqa, mapiqd, mapiqm, mapit, mapita, mapitd, mapitm, maplbl, maplmb, maplot, mappos, maproj, maprs, maprst, mapsav, mapset, mapstc, mapsti, mapstl, mapstr, maptra, maptri, maptrn, mapusr, mapvec, mpchln, mpfnme, mpgetc, mpgeti, mpgetl, mpgetr, mpglty, mpiaty, mpifnb, mpilnb, mpiola, mpiosa, mpipai, mpipan, mpipar, mpisci, mplnam, mplndm, mplndr, mplnri, mpname, mprset, mpsetc, mpseti, mpsetl, mpsetr, supmap, supcon, ncarg_cbind
π Hardcopy
NCAR Graphics Contouring and Mapping Tutorial
π COPYRIGHT π
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, bestie!! this one came from the UNIX flavor of the manual, dated March 1993 β so yeah, retro but still serving β¨ go forth and CALL MAPINT responsibly, mwah π
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