NAME

getmonitor − returns the current display monitor type

SPECIFICATION

C
long getmonitor()

FORTRAN
integer*4 function getmon()

Pascal
function getmonitor: longint;

DESCRIPTION

getmonitor returns the current display monitor type.  Possible display monitors include 50Hz non-interlaced, 60Hz non-interlaced, 30Hz interlaced, NTSC, and PAL.  The file get.h defines values for HZ30, HZ50, HZ60, NTSC, and PAL. 

SEE ALSO

getothermonitor IRIS Graphics Programming, Section 2.1, Initialization

NOTE

This routine is available only in immediate mode. 

Version 2.5r1  —  October 29, 1986