NAME

getplanes − returns the number of available bitplanes

SPECIFICATION

C
long getplanes()

FORTRAN
integer*4 function getpla()

Pascal
function getplanes: longint;

DESCRIPTION

getplanes returns the number of bitplanes that are available in the system. 

SEE ALSO

multimap, onemap IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 6.1, Display Modes

NOTE

This routine is available only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.5  —  April 22, 1987