SUMMARY

Begins plotting to one or two of the two possible graphics devices.

SYNTAX

BEGINDEVICES devices

where devices is one or more of the following:

SGF, XWINDOWS

ALTERNATE FORMS

BEGG and BG are obsolete but acceptable names for this command.

INPUT

SGF:	The SAC Graphics File device driver.
XWINDOWS:	The X-windows window display system.

DESCRIPTION

The arguments to this command consists of the list of one or two graphics devices. Subsequent plots are sent to open devices. This remains in effect until the next execution of a BEGINDEVICES or ENDDEVICES command or until SAC is terminated. Details about each graphics device are given below. There are two graphics "devices" currently being supported. The first one, SAC Graphics File (SGF), opens and sends plot commands to a binary file. The second, XWINDOWS, displays plots on an X-windows-capable sreen. workstations. SGF and XWINDOWS are described in detail in the graphics help command.

SEE COMMANDS

ENDDEVICES, SGF

LATEST REVISION

Mar. 24, 2009 (Version 101.3)