Workstation Specific Environment Variables

A number of environment variables are available in order to control the graphical aspects of the program. The preferred method of controlling these features is via resources; please refer to Section B.1 for details.

The following environment variables have no equivalent resource:

• FV_LOWRES
  FV_LOWRES is used in order to force the use of a small character size. If it is set equal to true then small characters will be used always, instead of just for multiviewport output. FV_LOWRES is set to false by default. This environment variable is mainly of use when working on a low resolution screen such as a PC.
• FV_XDUMP
  This environment variable is only recognised by workstations running the X Window System. By default, the option UTILITY SETUP PLOTTER FORMAT HARDCOPY will create a screen dump file in ZPixmap format; this format may be changed to XYPixmap by setting FV_XDUMP to the string XY. Please refer to your local X Windows documentation for details concerning Pixmap formats.