xgc(6)xgc(6)NAMExgc - X graphics demo
SYNOPSISxgc [ -toolkitoption ]
DESCRIPTION
The xgc program demonstrates various features of the X graphics primi‐
tives. In X, most of the details about the graphics to be generated
are stored in a resource called a graphics context (GC). The xgc pro‐
gram provides a user interface for setting various GC components.
Pressing the "Run" button causes these results to be displayed in the
large drawing window on the right. Timing information is displayed in
the window immediately below.
The items in the upper left hand window work as follows:
Function - specify the logical function with which primitives will
drawn. The most usual setting is "set", i.e. simply to render pixels
without regard to what has been drawn before.
LineStyle - specify whether lines should be drawn solid in foreground,
dashed in foreground or alternating foreground and background.
CapStyle - specify the appearance of the ends of a line.
JoinStyle - specify the appearance of joints between consecutive lines
drawn within a single graphics primitive.
solid, tiled with a pixmap or stippled.
rule means that if areas overlap an odd number of times, they are not
drawn. Winding rule means that overlapping areas are always filled,
regardless of how many times they overlap.
ArcMode - specifies the rule for filling of arcs. The boundary of the
arc is either a Chord or two radii.
planemask - specifies which planes of the drawing window are modified.
By default, all planes are modified.
dashlist - specifies a pattern to be used when drawing dashed lines.
Line Width - specifies the width in pixels of lines to be drawn. Zero
means to draw using the server's fastest algorithm with a line width of
one pixel.
Font - specifies the font to be used for text primitives.
Foreground and Background - specify the pixel values to be applied when
drawing primitives. The Foreground value is used as the pixel value
for set bits in the source in all primitives. The Background value is
used as the pixel value for unset bits in the source when using Copy
Plane, drawing lines with LineStyle of DoubleDash and filling with
FillStyle of OpaqueStippled.
Percentage of Test - scrollbar permits specifying only a percentage of
the test to be run. The number at the left indicates the current set‐
ting, which defaults to 100%.
The window labeled "Test" permits choice of one a number of graphics
primitive tests, including Points, Segments, Lines, Arcs and Filled
Arcs, 8-bit Text and Image Text, Rectangles and Filled Rectangles,
Image draws, as well as Copy Plane and Copy Area.
The window to the right of this has buttons which permit record/play‐
back of the primitives rendered.
OPTIONS
Xgc accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options.
X DEFAULTS
This program accepts the usual defaults for toolkit applications.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
XENVIRONMENT
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
SEE ALSOX11(7),
O'Reilly Xlib Programming Manual, Volume I, Chapter 5
BUGS
This program isn't really finished yet. In particular, buttons whose
labels appear in parentheses indicate features which are not yet imple‐
mented.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
AUTHORS
Dan Schmidt, MIT
21 May 1991 xgc(6)
