NCARGKS

NCARGKS is a product of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), in Boulder, Colorado, and is a standard interface for machine independent display of graphics images. GKS stands for Graphical Kernel System, a standard set of graphics utilities, which are supported at the 0A level.

NCARGKS adheres to the CGM metafile standard. The graphics routines produce an intermediate file called a CGM metafile, which may then be translated by a translator program or by the NCAR routine ctrans, to produce an image on some chosen output device.

Installed on bigben.

Bigben version 4.4.1:

The ncargks package is installed under /usr/local/packages/ncarg/. Usage:

  • Define NCARG_ROOT as /usr/local/packages/ncarg, and optionally define NCARG_BIN, NCARG_LIB, and NCARG_INCLUDE (NCARG_ROOT/bin, /lib and /include, respectively)
  • Compile your program with ncargf77 or ncargcc.
  • Run your executable.

By default, ncargks produces an .ncgm file as output. This can be altered by changing the value of IWTYPE in your source code. Use IWTYPE=11 for a PDF file, or IWTYPE=20 for a postscript file.

You can examine your .ncgm file using the ictrans or idf utility.

Other NCARGKS documentation:

The NCAR Graphics web site contains a lot of useful documentation. Particularly helpful are the examples pages.

See also: