Initialize Commands ; Function ; Equivalent - Page 160

2001/10/02 

CHAPTER 4 HP-GL/2 - 12 

7. 

COMMANDS 

7.1. 

Initialize Commands 

DF - Default set instruction 

DF[;] 

• 

Returns the graphics mode to default conditions.  The following are the default settings. 

Function 

Equivalent 

Instruction 

Condition 

Plot mode 

PA; 

Absolute plotting 

Absolute direction 

DI 1,0; 

Horizontal 

Line type 

LT; 

Solid line 

Line pattern length 

LT; 

4% of distance from P1 to P2 

Anchor corner 

AC; 

Lower left corner of picture frame 

Line Attributes 

LA; 

Butt cap, mitered joints, miter limit = 5 

User-Defined line type 

UL; 

All line types set to default 

Window 

IW; 

Set at limits of printable area according to paper size 

Symbol mode 

SM; 

Off 

Character Fill Mode 

CF ; 

Solid, Fill, no edging 

Character set 

SS; 

Standard character set selected 

Scalable or Bitmap 
Fonts  

SB 0; 

Scalable font only   

Character slant 

SL 0; 

0 degrees 

Scaling 

SC ; 

Off 

Label terminator 

DT chr$(3) 

chr$(3), non-printing 

Raster fill 

RF; 

Solid black 

Fill type 

FT; 

solid fill 

Transparency mode 

TR1; 

Transparency mode on 

Screened vectors  

SV; 

No screening 

Polygon mode 

PM0PM2; 

Polygon buffer empty 

Standard font 

SD; 

Stick font 

Alternate font 

AD; 

Stick font 

Character size 
transformation 

SI; 

Off 

Label origin 

LO1; 

Current pen location 

Text path 

DV; 

Left to right with normal line feed 

Extra space 

ES; 

No extra space 

Transparent data 

TD; 

Normal printing mode 

NOTE: 

The location of the scaling points(P1, P2) remains constant.