2001/10/02
CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 - 2
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ONTENTS
1. COMMAND LIST
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2. INTRODUCTION
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3. TERMINOLOGY
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3.1. Picture Frame
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3.2. Anchor Point
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3.3. Graphics Window
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3.4. Hard Clip Limits
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3.5. Soft Clip Limits
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3.6. Graphics Units
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3.7. User Units
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3.8. Current Units
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3.9. Pens
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3.10. Absolute and Relative Plotting
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3.11. Fills
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4. COMMAND SYNTAX
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4.1. Mnemonic
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4.2. Parameters
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4.3. Separators
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4.4. Terminator
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5. THE HP-GL GRAPHICS WINDOW
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5.1. Units
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5.2. The Scaling Points P1 and P2
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5.3. Scaling
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5.4. Transformation
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6. PREPARING TO PRINT GRAPHIC IMAGES
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6.1. Setting Up the Graphics Window
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6.2. Using Existing Image Plots
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6.3. Printing an Image
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6.4. Entering HP-GL/2 Mode
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6.5. Quitting HP-GL/2 Mode
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7. COMMANDS
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7.1. Initialize Commands
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7.2. Plot Area and Unit Setting Instructions
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7.3. Pen Control and Plot Instructions
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7.4. The polygon group
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