.TH getplanes  3 "R1c" "Silicon Graphics"
.SH NAME
.I getplanes
- return the number of available bitplanes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.TP \w'FORTRAN\ \ \ 'u
C
.B "short getplanes()"
.IP 
.TP \w'FORTRAN\ \ \ 'u
FORTRAN
.B "integer*2 function getpla()"
.IP 
.TP \w'FORTRAN\ \ \ 'u
Pascal
.B "function getplanes: Short;"
.sp
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Getplanes
returns the number of available planes. 
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I multimap, onemap, setplanes
.SH NOTE
This command can only be used in immediate mode.