Introduction to GKS

GDDM-GKS V1R1 Programming Guide and Reference

Introduction to GKS

GDDM-GKS V1R1 Programming Guide and Reference
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Graphical Kernel System (GKS), an International Standard (ISO 7942), of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), is a basic graphics system supporting the definition and representation of two-dimensional pictures on a wide variety of graphics devices.

GKS allows you to code a wide range of graphics applications, from simple passive output to complex interactive exchanges. Once coded, applications can be made to run on many different graphics devices without the need to modify the program structure.

This book describes the GDDM-GKS implementation of GKS.

If you have not used GKS before, try running the ROOM program provided with GDDM-GKS. (Instructions are given below; no knowledge of GKS is required.) In the next topic, parts of this program are used to introduce some of the GKS functions.

Subtopics:

1.1 The ROOM program

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