NeXT Workstations
- Supported device
- Any computer running NeXTstep.
- Device type code
/next.
- Default device name
- none
- Default view surface dimensions
- The default screen size is 720 by 535 pixels (about 8 by 6 inches
on a 19 inch monitor). The aspect ratio was selected to match
the /PS device. The window can be resized larger or smaller.
- Resolution
- The screen resolution is 92 dpi. The driver generates PostScript
commands with a resolution 10 times greater than the screen resolution.
This allows the window to be resized and/or a hardcopy to be made with
no loss of resolution.
- Color capability
- On all devices, color indices 0-15 are supported. The default colors
are 0 is white, 1 is black, 14 is light gray, 15 dark gray. On
monochrome devices, color indices 2-13 default to black. If the
driver detects a color server, then color indices 0-255 are allowed
and color indices 2-13 default to the standard PGPLOT colors.
- Input capability
- The PGPLOT cursor is supported. When a cursor read is requested the
the viewer becomes the active application and the active plot window
becomes the key window. This allows the user to terminate the cursor
read by either a mouse click (which generates an 'A' character) or
by pressing a key on the keyboard.
- File format
- By using the print command, in the main menu, you can send the
contents of the current window to a file. This file can then be
printed on any PostScript printer.
- Obtaining hardcopy
- If you click on the print item in the main menu, then the standard
NeXT print panel comes up. This allows the contents of the current
window to be sent to a printer, disk file or previewer.
- References
- Adobe Systems, Inc.: PostScript Language Reference Manual.
Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1985.
- Adobe Systems, Inc.: PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook.
Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1985.
- Adobe Systems, Inc.: PostScript Language Reference Manual, Second
Edition. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1990.
- Adobe Systems, Inc.: Programming the Display PostScript System
with NeXTstep. Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1992.
- Author
- A. F. Tennant, 1992.