plstart(3plplot)

plstart3plplot

Initialization

Usage

plstart(devname, nx, ny)

Overview

Alternative to plstar(3plplot) for initializing the plotting package. The device name keyword for the desired output device must be supplied as an argument. These keywords are the same as those printed out by plstar(3plplot). If the requested device is not available, or if the input string is empty or begins with ``?'', the prompted start up of plstar(3plplot) is used. This routine also divides the output device page into nx by ny subpages, each of which may be used independently. The subroutine pladv(3plplot) is used to advance from one subpage to the next.

Redacted form: General: plstart(devname, nx, ny)

This function is not used in any examples.

Arguments

devname (PLCHAR_VECTOR(3plplot), input)

An ascii character string containing the device name keyword of the required output device. If devname is NULL or if the first character of the string is a ``?'', the normal (prompted) start up is used.

nx (PLINT(3plplot), input)

Number of subpages to divide output page in the x direction.

ny (PLINT(3plplot), input)

Number of subpages to divide output page in the y direction.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 10 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13

Authors

Many developers (who are credited at http://plplot.org/credits.php) have contributed to PLplot over its long history.

From plplot-doc 5.15.0+dfsg2-15 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.