Scilab Function

xinit - initialisation of a graphics driver

### Calling Sequence

  `xinit([driver-name])`

### Parameters

- `driver-name` : string.

### Description

Initialisation of the given driver.

For X Window `driver-name` can be a string which gives the name of a display and a new graphics window is created. If the argument is omitted the value of the environment variable DISPLAY is used if it exists or the value "unix:0.0" is used.

For the Postscript, Xfig or Gif driver, `driver-name` is a name of the file where all the graphics operations are recorded.

### Examples

    driver("Pos")
    xinit("foo.ps")
    plot2d()
    xend()
    driver("X11")

### See Also

`xbasimp` `xend`

### Author

J.Ph.C.