`plstart`: Initialization
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#### `plstart`: Initialization

`plstart (` | devname ,
| nx ,
| ny `)`;

Alternative to `plstar` for initializing the plotting package. The device name keyword for the desired output device must be supplied as an argument. These keywords are the same as those printed out by `plstar`. If the requested device is not available, or if the input string is empty or begins with ``?'', the prompted start up of `plstar` is used. This routine also divides the output device page into ``nx`` by ``ny`` subpages, each of which may be used independently. The subroutine `pladv` is used to advance from one subpage to the next.

`devname` (``PLCHAR_VECTOR``, input)

  An ascii character string containing the device name keyword of the required output device. If `devname` is NULL or if the first character of the string is a ``?'', the normal (prompted) start up is used.

`nx` (``PLINT``, input)

  Number of subpages to divide output page in the x direction.

`ny` (``PLINT``, input)

  Number of subpages to divide output page in the y direction.

Redacted form:

- General: `plstart(devname, nx, ny)`

- Perl/PDL: `plstart(nx, ny, devname)`

This function is not used in any examples.

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