PLOT command: a suite of graphics postprocessors
At Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., a wide variety of plotting devices and graphics software is available, but the same set of graphics software and hardware is not consistently available across the different computer systems. However, a suite of computer software known as the PLOT command has been developed to provide a unified approach to graphics postprocessing for two DECsystem-10s, a dual IBM 3033, and numerous VAXs. The PLOT commands accept a graphics metafile or command file and the name of a plotting device and then use this information to decide which postprocessor to execute. For a postprocessor located on a remote computer, the PLOT commands create and transmit the necessary job control statements to process a user's request, and for plotting to a graphics terminal or a locally available plotting device, the PLOT commands directly execute the appropriate postprocessor. Thus, a single integrated command allows users to plot a variety of graphics metafiles or command files on a diversity of plotting devices.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA). Computing and Telecommunications Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5128310
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-860363-4; ON: DE87000231
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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