VMS/IRAF Installation and Site Manager's Guide
VMS/IRAF Installation and Site Manager's Guide
There must be entries in the graphcap file for all graphics terminals, batch
plotters, and image displays accessed by IRAF programs. New graphics
terminals will need a new entry. The IRAF file gio$doc/gio.hlp contains
documentation describing how to prepare graphcap device entries. A printed
copy of this [60 page] document is available from the iraf/docs directory in
the IRAF network archive. However, once IRAF is up you may find it easier
to generate your own copy using help, as follows:
cl> help gio$doc/gio.hlp fi+ | lprint
- which will print the document on the default IRAF printer device (use the
"device=" hidden parameter to specify a different device). Alternatively,
to view the file on the terminal,
cl> phelp gio$doc/gio.hlp fi+
- The help pages for the IRAF tasks showcap and stty should also
be reviewed as these utilities are useful for generating new graphcap
entries. The i/o logging feature of stty is useful for determining
exactly what characters your graphcap device entry is generating. The
gdevices task is useful for printing summary information about the
available graphics devices.
Help preparing new graphcap device entries is available if needed. We ask
that new graphcap entries be sent back to us so that we may include them in
the master graphcap file for all to benefit.