ncl_gset_text_path - Man Page

sets the text paths or directions in which text is to be drawn.

Synopsis

#include <ncarg/gks.h>

void gset_text_path(Gtext_path text_path);

Description

text_path

(Input) Gives the direction in which a character string is to be drawn.  Options are:

GPATH_RIGHT

Draw successive characters in the string such that character  n+l appears to the right of character n. This is text path "right" and is the default.

GPATH_LEFT

Draw character n+1 to the left of character n.  This is text path "left".

GPATH_UP

Draw character n+1 above character n.  This is text path "up".

GPATH_DOWN

Draw character n+1 below character n.  This is text path "down".

The right, left, up, and down directions are relative to the  character up vector. The right text path direction is perpendicular  to the up vector direction.  Thus, to draw a text string at a 45  degree angle the character up vector would be (-1,1), and the text  path would be right .

Access

To use the GKS C-binding routines, load the ncarg_gks and ncarg_c libraries.

See Also

Online: gtext(3NCARG), gset_text_align(3NCARG), gset_text_font_prec(3NCARG), gset_char_ht(3NCARG), gset_char_space(3NCARG), gset_char_up_vec(3NCARG), gset_char_expan(3NCARG), gset_colr_rep(3NCARG), gset_text_colr_ind(3NCARG), ginq_text_path(3NCARG), ginq_text_align(3NCARG), ginq_text_font_prec(3NCARG), ginq_char_ht(3NCARG), ginq_char_space(3NCARG), ginq_char_up_vec(3NCARG), ginq_char_expan(3NCARG), plotchar(3NCARG), gks(3NCARG) ncarg_gks_cbind(3NCARG)

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

Info

March 1993 UNIX NCAR GRAPHICS