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cristy20398432011-08-11 01:31:50 +0000218<h1>Module magick Methods</h1>
219<p class="navigation-index">[<a href="#GetMagickPrecision">GetMagickPrecision</a> &bull; <a href="#IsMagickInstantiated">IsMagickInstantiated</a> &bull; <a href="#MagickCoreGenesis">MagickCoreGenesis</a> &bull; <a href="#MagickCoreTerminus">MagickCoreTerminus</a> &bull; <a href="#SetMagickPrecision">SetMagickPrecision</a>]</p>
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cristy20398432011-08-11 01:31:50 +0000221<h2><a href="http://www.imagemagick.org/api/MagickCore/magick_8c.html" id="GetMagickPrecision">GetMagickPrecision</a></h2>
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224<p>GetMagickPrecision() returns the maximum number of significant digits to be printed.</p>
225
226<p>The format of the GetMagickPrecision method is:</p>
227
228<pre class="code">
229 int GetMagickPrecision(void)
230</pre>
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236<p>IsMagickInstantiated() returns MagickTrue if the ImageMagick environment is currently instantiated: MagickCoreGenesis() has been called but MagickDestroy() has not.</p>
237
238<p>The format of the IsMagickInstantiated method is:</p>
239
240<pre class="code">
241 MagickBooleanType IsMagickInstantiated(void)
242</pre>
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248<p>MagickCoreGenesis() initializes the MagickCore environment.</p>
249
250<p>The format of the MagickCoreGenesis function is:</p>
251
252<pre class="text">
253 MagickCoreGenesis(const char *path,
254 const MagickBooleanType establish_signal_handlers)
255</pre>
256
257<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
258
259<h5>path</h5>
260<p>the execution path of the current ImageMagick client.</p>
261
262<h5>establish_signal_handlers</h5>
263<p>set to MagickTrue to use MagickCore's own signal handlers for common signals.</p>
264
265 </div>
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269<p>MagickCoreTerminus() destroys the MagickCore environment.</p>
270
271<p>The format of the MagickCoreTerminus function is:</p>
272
273<pre class="text">
274 MagickCoreTerminus(void)
275</pre>
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280
281<p>SetMagickPrecision() sets the maximum number of significant digits to be printed and returns it.</p>
282
283<p>The format of the SetMagickPrecision method is:</p>
284
285<pre class="code">
286 int SetMagickPrecision(const int precision)
287</pre>
288
289<p>A description of each parameter follows:</p>
290
291<h5>precision</h5>
292<p>set the maximum number of significant digits to be printed.</p>
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