On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Tim Jenness wrote:
> A quick look in figaro3/arc.f indicates the reason why it doesn't work. It
> doesn't actually use AGP at all - it just calls PGBEGIN directly with the
> supplied device name. No attempt is made to translate from Starlink device
> to PGPLOT device name - it relies on GKS PGPLOT simply understanding the
> device names.
>
> Mystery solved.
>
> Is it possible to call the AGP translation routine without doing a lot of
> unnecessary AGP calls to set things up?
Not really. If you want to avoid using AGI/P for device control, you
could maybe just call agp_asoc to open the deivce (assuming it has an
associated ADAM parameter), then call pgqinf to inquire the name of the
open device, then call agp_deact to shut down pgplot.
David
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