Graphics
Rubberband Line Mode
Turn
Rubberband Line On:
Thrn Rubberband Line
off:
Ec
*
dm
Ec
* dn
((Rubberband Line" mode causes
the
terminal
to display a
temporary
line connecting
the
graphics cursor to
the
current
pen
position. As
the
cursor is moved (using
the
cursor control
keys or move cursor commands),
the
temporary line moves, stretches,
or
contracts
as
required
to
maintain
the
connection.The temporary line is (tset" when
the
cursorposition
is
entered
as
a
new point by executing
the
Ec*pc
command. The origin of
the
temporary
rubberband
line
is
then
updated to
the
new point
and
the
process can be repeated.
NOTE:
If
the
graphics cursor is not alreadyon, activating
the
rubberband
line function
turns
on
the
graphics cursor.
Draw A Point At The Current Pen Position
Ec
* pd
This command draws a point
at
the
current
penposition.The pen is
set
to up. This command is
ignored
if
encountered
during
an
area
fill sequence.
VECTORS
Graphics
data
is
made up ofvectors. Each vector is specified by
the
current
graphic
starting
point
and
an
end
point. The
current
graphic
starting
point
is
one of
the
following:
0,0
Initial
starting
point
Last
point defined by
the
graphics cursor
(Ec*pc).
Last
point defined by
data
in
a draw or move command
(Ec
* p
f/g/h/i/j/k/l).
Graphic points
are
specified
in
one of
the
following formats:
ASCII Absolute
ASCII
Incremental
ASCII Relocatable
Binary
Absolute
Binary
Incremental
Binary
Short
Incremental
Binary
Relocatable
Ifno
format is specified
in
the
graphiccommand,ASCII absolute format
is
assumed. More
than
one point can be given
in
a command. This minimizes communications overhead. Tables D-7,
D-8,
and
D-9 provide a reference for computing
data
bytes used
in
the
various vector formats.
D-28