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ginit(3)  —  Silicon Graphics R1c

NAME

ginit - initialize the IRIS

SYNOPSIS

C
ginit()

FORTRAN
subroutine ginit

Pascal
procedure ginit;

DESCRIPTION

Ginit is the first graphics library command in every IRIS program.  It initializes the hardware, allocates memory for symbol tables and display lists, and sets up default values for global state variables in the same manner as greset.  It has no arguments and should be called only once, before any other library command. 

SEE ALSO

gexit, greset

NOTE

This command can only be used in immediate mode. 

Version 2.3  —  July 04, 1985

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