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Subject: Re: GKS, Postscript questions (summary needed)
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Date: Fri, 13-Feb-87 10:03:48 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 13 10:03:48 1987
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In article <1049@uwmacc.UUCP>, jwp@uwmacc.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:
> ...
> It could also go from VDI to a metafile.  Is this metacode
> part of the standard?  Can I produce a metacode file using
> vendor A's software, and plot it on a versatec using vendor
> B's metacode-to-versatec interpreter software?  Is this picture
> flawed in any big way?
> 	Jeff Percival ...!uwvax!uwmacc!sal70!jwp or ...!uwmacc!jwp

The Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) standard was due to be finalized
1/87. I don't know if it has been actually adopted.

The GKS standard refers to the CGM in its appendix in addition to the GKSM
(GKS Metafile).
GKSM is not a standard, it includes both binary and clear text encodings,
and is not necessarily portable between implementations.

Tom.
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