is a WSTP packet that indicates the beginning of a series of expressions related to a PostScript graphic.
DisplayPacket
is a WSTP packet that indicates the beginning of a series of expressions related to a PostScript graphic.
Examples
Basic Examples (1)
Launch a subsidiary Wolfram Language kernel process:
link = LinkLaunch[First[$CommandLine] <> " -wstp"]LinkRead[link]Write an expression that generates a PostScript graphic:
LinkWrite[link, Unevaluated@Quiet[Get["Version5`Graphics`"];Plot[Sin[t], {t, 0, Pi}]]]Read the DisplayPacket expression:
LinkRead[link]Read the series of expressions for the PostScript graphic:
Short[LinkRead[link]]Read the DisplayEndPacket expression:
LinkRead[link]LinkClose[link]See Also
Tech Notes
History
Introduced in 1996 (3.0)
Text
Wolfram Research (1996), DisplayPacket, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DisplayPacket.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 1996. "DisplayPacket." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DisplayPacket.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (1996). DisplayPacket. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DisplayPacket.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_displaypacket, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DisplayPacket}", year="1996", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DisplayPacket.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_displaypacket, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DisplayPacket}, year={1996}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DisplayPacket.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-June-2026]}