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CS DI VT - Contour display - on VT125/240 terminal

(1/29/96)

PURPOSE

Plots a contour storage metafile on a VT125 or VT240 terminal.

SEE ALSO

CS DI GD [Contour display - on Gould plotter]
CS DI PL [Contour display - convert to HPGL]
CS DI PO [Contour display - convert to Postscript]
CS DI TX [Contour display - on Tektronix 4662 plotter]

USAGE

.OPERATION: CS DI VT

.CONTOUR FILE: CNT001
[Enter name of the existing contour storage metafile]

.CLEAR THE SCREEN FIRST? (Y/N): Y

.Enter viewport size (100-480):

.DO YOU WANT TO WINDOW? (Y/N): N
[This question only occurs for some devices. Windowing allows you to plot only a portion of the plot metafile.]

If the answer is "Y" then the following two questions appear. The window is calculated assuming a normalized 1.0 by 1.0 plot.

.ENTER X & Y CO-ORD. OF BOTTOM LEFT CORNER (0.0 - 1.0): .0 .5

.ENTER X & Y CO-ORD. OF TOP RIGHT CORNER (0.0 - 1.0): .8 .9

.CENTER THE PLOT? (Y/N): Y
[A "Y" answer centers the output on the device.]

Lists current display scale. Asks if you desire to change the scale.

.ENTER NEW DISPLAY SCALE OR <CR>: 450
[You can alter the plot size by entering a different value.]

.PRINT TEXT? (Y/N/M): Y
[Can omit text if desired. An answer of "M" will mirror output around a X axis so as to flip the top and bottom of the plot.]

.PLOT AGAIN (P), HARDCOPY (H), DO NOT CLEAR(D) (P/H/D):

SUBROUTINES

CNFILE, CNTERM

CALLER

PLOT1

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