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DISPLAYS(5)		       File Formats Manual		     DISPLAYS(5)

NAME
     displays - Display Configuration File

DESCRIPTION
     The  interactive graphics programs Caesar, Magic, and Gremlin use two sepa-
     rate terminals: a text terminal from which commands are issued, and a color
     graphics terminal on which graphical output is displayed.	 These	programs
     use a displays file to associate their text terminal with its corresponding
     display device.

     The  displays file is an ASCII text file with one line for each text termi-
     nal/graphics terminal pair.   Each  line  contains  4  items  separated  by
     spaces:  the  name of the port attached to a text terminal, the name of the
     port attached to the associated graphics terminal, the phosphor type of the
     graphics terminal's monitor, and the type of graphics terminal.

     An applications program may use the phosphor type to  select  a  color  map
     tuned to the monitor's characteristics.  Only the std phosphor type is sup-
     ported at UC Berkeley.

     The graphics terminal type specifies the device driver a program should use
     when  communicating  with	its  graphics  terminal.   Magic  supports types
     UCB512, AED1024, and SUN120.  Other programs may recognize  different  dis-
     play  types.   See  the manual entry for your specific application for more
     information.

     A sample displays file is:

	  /dev/ttyi1 /dev/ttyi0 std UCB512
	  /dev/ttyj0 /dev/ttyj1 std UCB512
	  /dev/ttyjf /dev/ttyhf std UCB512
	  /dev/ttyhb /dev/ttyhc std UCB512
	  /dev/ttyhc /dev/ttyhb std UCB512 (R).in -0.5i

     In this example, /dev/ttyi1 connects to a	text  terminal.   An  associated
     UCB512 graphics terminal with standard phosphor is connected to /dev/ttyi0.

FILES
     Magic  uses the displays file ~cad/lib/displays.  Gremlin looks in /usr/lo-
     cal/displays.

SEE ALSO
     magic(1)

3rd Berkeley Distribution	     2/19/85			     DISPLAYS(5)

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