1PWRZT(3NCARG) NCAR GRAPHICS PWRZT(3NCARG)
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6 PWRZT - Draws the projections of character strings that are positioned
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9 NOTE: At one time, a Threed routine called PWRZ was supported. PWRZ
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15 CALL PWRZT (U,V,W,CHRS,LCHRS,ISIZE,IDIR,ITOP,ICEN)
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18 #include <ncarg/ncargC.h>
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20 void c_pwrzt (float u, float v, float w, char *chrs, int lchrs,
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24 U,V,W (input expressions of type REAL) are the U, V, and W
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26 which the character string is to be positioned.
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28 CHRS (an input constant or variable of type CHARACTER) is the
29 character string to be drawn. It may contain uppercase
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37 LCHRS (an input expression of type INTEGER) is the number of
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40 ISIZE (an input expression of type INTEGER) specifies the
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43 width depending on just where they are placed within the
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45 viewed, ISIZE is interpreted as specifying the width of a
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51 If between 0 and 3, ISIZE is 1., 1.5, 2., or 3. times a
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57 One third of the "width" referred to here is white space.
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59 centers of adjacent characters in a string. Characters are
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63 IDIR (an input expression of type INTEGER) is the direction in
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72 ITOP (an input expression of type INTEGER) is the direction from
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74 character; possible values of ITOP are the same as those of
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78 option, specifying where (U,V,W) is relative to the string
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81 -1 (U,V,W) is the center of the left edge of the first
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84 0 (U,V,W) is the center of the entire string.
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86 1 (U,V,W) is the center of the right edge of the last
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89 Because characters drawn by PWRZT are stroked using the GKS polyline
90 primitive (so that they can be projected from 3-D to 2-D), they are
91 drawn in the current polyline color, as determined by the last call to
92 the GKS routine GSPLCI; by default, color index 1 is used. Line width
93 is determined by the last call to the GKS routine GSLWSC; by default,
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97 The C-binding argument descriptions are the same as the FORTRAN
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101 Use the ncargex command to see the following relevant example: tpwrzt.
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104 To use PWRZT or c_pwrzt, load the NCAR Graphics libraries ncarg,
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108 Online: threed, curve3, fence3, frst3, line3, perim3, point3, psym3,
109 pwrz, set3, threed, tick3, tick43, vect3, ncarg_cbind.
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112 Copyright (C) 1987-2009
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114 The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.
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118UNIX March 1993 PWRZT(3NCARG)