Ebook: GKS Theory and Practice

Eurographics, the European Association for Computer Graphics, has always been an important forum for discussions and presentation of results concerning the first ISO Graphical Standard, GKS (the Graphical Kernel System) and later of its three-dimensional extension, GKS-3D. This book is a collection of those articles which have appeared within the framework of Eurographics in the past 5 years, and which still contain, even after several years, valid and interesting results concerning the problems arising in connection with GKS. Some of these papers help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the standard; others deal with general implementation problems, and finally there are some presentations of specific algorithms usable also for a GKS or GKS-3D implementation. The book may be of a particular interest to those specialists who intend to implement a GKS package or some similar graphics subsystem and who can therefore make direct use of the experiences reflected in this collection. The book should also be a valuable supplement in university courses concerned with teaching the principles of implementing device-independent computer graphics.

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Eurographics, the European Association for Computer Graphics, has always been an important forum for discussions and presentation of results concerning the first ISO Graphical Standard, GKS (the Graphical Kernel System) and later of its three-dimensional extension, GKS-3D. This book is a collection of those articles which have appeared within the framework of Eurographics in the past 5 years, and which still contain, even after several years, valid and interesting results concerning the problems arising in connection with GKS. Some of these papers help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the standard; others deal with general implementation problems, and finally there are some presentations of specific algorithms usable also for a GKS or GKS-3D implementation. The book may be of a particular interest to those specialists who intend to implement a GKS package or some similar graphics subsystem and who can therefore make direct use of the experiences reflected in this collection. The book should also be a valuable supplement in university courses concerned with teaching the principles of implementing device-independent computer graphics.

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Eurographics, the European Association for Computer Graphics, has always been an important forum for discussions and presentation of results concerning the first ISO Graphical Standard, GKS (the Graphical Kernel System) and later of its three-dimensional extension, GKS-3D. This book is a collection of those articles which have appeared within the framework of Eurographics in the past 5 years, and which still contain, even after several years, valid and interesting results concerning the problems arising in connection with GKS. Some of these papers help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the standard; others deal with general implementation problems, and finally there are some presentations of specific algorithms usable also for a GKS or GKS-3D implementation. The book may be of a particular interest to those specialists who intend to implement a GKS package or some similar graphics subsystem and who can therefore make direct use of the experiences reflected in this collection. The book should also be a valuable supplement in university courses concerned with teaching the principles of implementing device-independent computer graphics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A GKS Interface to a Realtime Oriented Raster Workstation for CAD Applications....Pages 3-14
On Developing a GKS Driver Architecture for Raster Workstations....Pages 15-23
CGM- Concepts and their Realization....Pages 25-35
A General Device Driver for GKS....Pages 37-45
XGKS — A Multitask Implementation of GKS....Pages 47-53
A VLSI Implementation of the Graphics Standard GKS....Pages 55-66
A Token Based Graphics System....Pages 67-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Polygonal Clipping of Polylines....Pages 81-99
Algorithms for Handling the Fill Area Primitive of GKS....Pages 101-121
An Algorithmic Interpretation of the GKS TEXT Primitive....Pages 123-136
A Method of Displaying Transformed Picture Rectangles Using GKS Raster Functions....Pages 137-144
An Implementation of the GKS-3D/PHIGS Viewing Pipeline....Pages 145-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
A Practical Strategy for Certifying GKS Implementations....Pages 187-204
Configuring Reference Systems for Certifying GKS Implementations....Pages 205-218
An Algebraic Approach to the Standardization and the Certification of Graphics Software....Pages 219-238
Towards a Formal Specification of the GKS Output Primitives....Pages 239-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
GKS Inquiry Functions within PROLOG....Pages 269-276
GKS Based Graphics Programming in PROLOG....Pages 277-292
A Proposal for an ALGOL 68 Binding of GKS....Pages 293-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-316

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Eurographics, the European Association for Computer Graphics, has always been an important forum for discussions and presentation of results concerning the first ISO Graphical Standard, GKS (the Graphical Kernel System) and later of its three-dimensional extension, GKS-3D. This book is a collection of those articles which have appeared within the framework of Eurographics in the past 5 years, and which still contain, even after several years, valid and interesting results concerning the problems arising in connection with GKS. Some of these papers help the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the standard; others deal with general implementation problems, and finally there are some presentations of specific algorithms usable also for a GKS or GKS-3D implementation. The book may be of a particular interest to those specialists who intend to implement a GKS package or some similar graphics subsystem and who can therefore make direct use of the experiences reflected in this collection. The book should also be a valuable supplement in university courses concerned with teaching the principles of implementing device-independent computer graphics.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A GKS Interface to a Realtime Oriented Raster Workstation for CAD Applications....Pages 3-14
On Developing a GKS Driver Architecture for Raster Workstations....Pages 15-23
CGM- Concepts and their Realization....Pages 25-35
A General Device Driver for GKS....Pages 37-45
XGKS — A Multitask Implementation of GKS....Pages 47-53
A VLSI Implementation of the Graphics Standard GKS....Pages 55-66
A Token Based Graphics System....Pages 67-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Polygonal Clipping of Polylines....Pages 81-99
Algorithms for Handling the Fill Area Primitive of GKS....Pages 101-121
An Algorithmic Interpretation of the GKS TEXT Primitive....Pages 123-136
A Method of Displaying Transformed Picture Rectangles Using GKS Raster Functions....Pages 137-144
An Implementation of the GKS-3D/PHIGS Viewing Pipeline....Pages 145-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
A Practical Strategy for Certifying GKS Implementations....Pages 187-204
Configuring Reference Systems for Certifying GKS Implementations....Pages 205-218
An Algebraic Approach to the Standardization and the Certification of Graphics Software....Pages 219-238
Towards a Formal Specification of the GKS Output Primitives....Pages 239-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
GKS Inquiry Functions within PROLOG....Pages 269-276
GKS Based Graphics Programming in PROLOG....Pages 277-292
A Proposal for an ALGOL 68 Binding of GKS....Pages 293-314
Back Matter....Pages 315-316
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