PHIGS DESCRIPTION TABLE(7P) — SUNPHIGS LIBRARY
NAME
PHIGS DESCRIPTION TABLE − contains information describing the static capabilities of SunPHIGS
DESCRIPTION
The PHIGS Description Table is created when PHIGS is opened and exists until PHIGS is closed. The PHIGS standard includes the default values for the traversal state list in the logical PHIGS Description Table. These values are listed in the PHIGS TRAVERSAL STATE LIST (7P).
The remaining values are limits and capabilities. These may be inquired.
Data Type Abbreviations
IIntegerWWorkstation Type
EEnumeration TypeL(type)List of Values of a Given Type
SunPHIGS Description Table
| Description Table Entry | Data Type | Initial Value |
| number of available workstation types | I | 3 |
| list of available workstation types | L(W) | see Table 1, PHIGS WORKSTATION DESCRIPTION TABLE (7P) |
| max number of simultaneously open workstations | I | 20 |
| max number of simultaneously open archive files | I | 25 |
| number of available names for name sets | I | 1024 |
| number of available character sets | I | † |
| character set | I | 1 (ASCII) |
| max length of normal filter list for ISS | I | MAXINT (unlimited) |
| max length of inverted filter list for ISS | I | MAXINT (unlimited) |
| number of available generalized structure elements | I | 3 |
| GSE identifier | I | -1 (highlight color) |
| workstation dependency indicator | E | WORKSTATION INDEPENDENT |
| GSE identifier | I | -2 (character set for codeset) |
| workstation dependency indicator | E | WORKSTATION INDEPENDENT |
| GSE identifier | I | -3 (font for codeset) |
| workstation dependency indicator | E | WORKSTATION INDEPENDENT |
| max no of distinct planes in modelling clip volumes | I | 6 |
| no of available modelling clip operators | I | 2 |
| modelling clipping operator | I | 1 (replace) |
| modelling clipping operator | I | 2 (intersect) |
† See Set Character Set for Codeset in GENERALIZED STRUCTURE ELEMENT (3P).
SEE ALSO
PHIGS TRAVERSAL STATE LIST (7P)
PHIGS WORKSTATION DESCRIPTION TABLE (7P)
SunPHIGS Release 1.1 — Last change: 11 July 1989