1 10/02/81  compile_gdt
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 4 Syntax:  compile_gdt segname {-control_args}
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 7 Function:  causes a segment containing the source of a Graphics
 8 Device Table (GCT) to be compiled.
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11 Arguments:
12 segname
13    is the name of a segment containing the source of a GDT.  The
14    suffix .gdt is assumed if not specified.
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17 Control arguments:
18 -check, -ck
19    specifies that the ALM assembler is not to be invoked, and that
20    the intermediate assembler source file is to be retained.
21 -list, -ls
22    specifies that the ALM assembler is to produce a listing of the
23    GDT it creates.
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26 Notes: A GDT source segment is conventionally named with the name of
27 the graphic terminal it describes, with th suffix ".gdt".  The
28 compile_gdt command compiles a GDT source segment into an assembly
29 language source segment.  The Multics ALM assembler is then invoked
30 internally to assemble this intermediate segment into a GDT.  The
31 final segment produced has the name of the source segment without the
32 suffix ".gdt".
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34 For a description of Graphic Device Tables, see the Multics
35 Graphics System,. Order No. AS40.