POINT(3NCARG)

✨ POINT — bestie we're drawing A DOT ✨

okay so this is the NCAR GRAPHICS manual page for POINT, and honestly? it does exactly what it says on the tin. it draws a point. one (1) single point. at a position you pick in the user coordinate system. it's giving minimalism, it's giving "the dot is the moment." 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

POINT — draws a point at a specified position in the user coordinate system.

no cap. that's the whole job. 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

CALL POINT (PX,PY)

that's it. that's the call. two args, one dot, iconic behavior. 🦋

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🫶 C-BINDING SYNOPSIS 🫶

for my C girlies (and honestly, same):

#include <ncarg/ncargC.h>

void c_point (float px, float py)

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

here's the tea on the arguments, bestie — there are exactly two and they're both REAL:

• PX — an input expression of type REAL that defines the X user coordinate where the dot is gonna be drawn. yes, that X. the horizontal one. 📍
• PY — an input expression of type REAL that defines the Y user coordinate where the dot is gonna be drawn. the vertical one. together they vibe-check your dot into existence. 💫

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🌈 C-BINDING DESCRIPTION 🌈

the C-binding argument descriptions are literally the same as the FORTRAN argument descriptions. same px, same py, same energy. no extra lore, no secret third argument. periodt. 💀

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👑 USAGE 👑

okay so here's where it gets spicy. some important context:

• if you want a filled dot of arbitrary size, that is not this routine. go see the routine NGDOTS instead — she does the big dots. 🍓
• you can also use the GKS routine GPM to draw a dot in world coordinates, however — and this is the key part — NCAR Graphics user coordinates allow for mirror imaging of axes and logarithmic axes, which GKS does not. so like, if you need that axis glow-up, you know where to be. 🔥
• for a full description of these coordinate systems, see the SCD User Doc "NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version". it's the lore document. iykyk. 📚

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🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

use the ncargex command to see the following relevant examples: tareas.

that's the one. tareas. go run it, bestie, live a little. 🌸

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💜 ACCESS 💜

to use POINT or c_point, load the NCAR Graphics libraries ncarg, ncarg_gks, and ncarg_c — preferably in that order. order matters here, don't fight it. 🙈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Online: gpm, gsmk, gsmksc, gscr, gspmci, spps, spps_params, plotif, ngdots, points, ncarg_cbind

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

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💅 COPYRIGHT 💅

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

The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! 💖 this was the UNIX version, dated March 1993 (yes, she's vintage, she's a classic, we respect her), and it came to you straight from the POINT(3NCARG) page itself. go forth and draw ur dot. slay. ✨🫶🌟