Graphics.h

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//# Graphics.h:  classes for the visual display of data
//# Copyright (C) 1995
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#ifndef GRAPHICS_GRAPHICS_H
#define GRAPHICS_GRAPHICS_H

namespace casa { //# NAMESPACE CASA - BEGIN

// <module>
//
// <summary>
// Classes for the visual display of data.
// </summary>

// <prerequisite>
//   <li> none yet appropriate
// </prerequisite>
//

// <reviewed reviewer="Paul Shannon" date="1995/06/02" demos="">
// </reviewed>

// <etymology>
// Nothing special.
// </etymology>
//
// <synopsis>
// This module is (as of June 1995) a work in progress.  It contains a PGPLOT
// wrapper and a test program, and nothing else.  
//
// <note role=caution>
// This module header file does not yet play the traditional role -- of
// allowing the application programmer to gain a lot of capability with
// only one <em> include </em> statement.
// </note>

// </synopsis>

// <example>
// See tVisualize.cc.
// </example>
//
// <motivation>
// The benefits of graphical display of data are many, and well-known...
// </motivation>

// <todo asof="1995/06/02">
//   <li> Replace (or improve) the PGPLOT wrapper.
//   <li> Once the (device-independent) Plot1d interface settles down,
//        move it from the trial package to here.
//   <li> We may wish to create subdirectories of the Graphics directory,
//        each containing window-system-specific implementations of 
//        the interfaces defined in the directory.
//        Site makedef's could trigger automatic linking against
//        the appropriate window-system-specific library.  
// </todo>

// </module>


} //# NAMESPACE CASA - END

#endif