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measures.showframe - Function

	Package	general
	Module	measures
	Tool	measures

show the currently active frame reference

Synopsis
showframe(g)

Arguments

g	in	use gui if available
		Allowed:	boolean
		Default:	T

Returns
bool

Description
showframe will display the currently active reference frame values in either a separate screen (if working in GUI environment), or on the terminal if no GUI active, or a forcing argument F is given. The different frame values necessary are described in the doframe function. The frame is displayed on the terminal using the formatting as done for the show function.

Example

- dm.doframe(dm.epoch('utc','today'))		# specify now as frame reference
T 
- dm.showframe(F)				# and show the current frame
epoch: 2002/10/18/00:15:49 UTC
T