The features described in this topic are obsolete
and should not be used in new IDL code.

The Macintosh Device

Device Keywords Accepted by the MAC Device:

BYPASS_TRANSLATION, COPY, CURSOR_ORIGINAL, CURSOR_STANDARD, DECOMPOSED, FLOYD, GET_CURRENT_FONT, GET_FONTNAMES, GET_FONTNUM, GET_GRAPHICS_FUNCTION, GET_SCREEN_SIZE, GET_WINDOW_POSITION, ORDERED, PSEUDO_COLOR, RETAIN, SET_CHARACTER_SIZE, SET_FONT, SET_GRAPHICS_FUNCTION, THRESHOLD, TRANSLATION, TRUE_COLOR

The Macintosh version of IDL uses the "MAC" device by default. This device is similar to The X Windows Device. The "MAC" device is only available in IDL for Macintosh.

To set plotting to the Macintosh device, use the command:

SET_PLOT, 'MAC'