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X Window System Graphics

Syntax

x11(display="", width=8, height=8)

Arguments

display the name the display on which the graphics window will appear. The default is to use the value in the user's environment item DISPLAY.
width the width of the plotting window in inches.
height the height of the plotting window in inches.
pointsize the default pointsize to be used.

Description

This function starts a graphics device driver for the X Window System (version 11). This should be done automagically at start up time and can only be done on machines that run X.

See Also

postscript, macintosh, device.