Hi,
I would like to do the following 2 tasks with ncgm files made by NCAR 4.1.1:
1) create postscript output at arbritary scale for both x and y dimensions.
For example, I can plot an ncgm file to a postscript printer
with a particular graphcap at 4" x 5". Now, without re-making
the ncgm file, I want to make the postscript output 5"x8".
2) plot multiple ncgm files to the same postscript page at arbitrary locations
including overlaying the output.
I assume that I can do this in Adobe Illustrator after making postscript files
from the ncgms; however, this is time consuming, particularly if I want to
do this 20 times.
In the old 1980s VAX/VMS/Ray Bovet version of the pre-GKS NCAR
package, there was a metacode translator called "plot" that could perform
the functions I list above except that I don't think a postscript driver was
ever implemented. This was very simple to use, for example to scale two plots
and overlay them:
$ plot
device qms # qms laser printer using quic language
window 0., 10., 0., 10. # dimensions in inches
read iop020.dat.1
plot
save
read iop020.dat.2
plot
exit
And to put 2 plots on a page at arbitrary locations in the lower left and upper right:
$ plot
device qms # qms laser printer using quic language
window 0., 5., 0., 5.
read iop020.dat.1
plot
save
window 5., 10., 5., 10.
read iop020.dat.2
plot
exit
Is there a tool for doing this? Can NCL do this, and easily?
As an alternative, I have looked around for simple tools to scale
postscript files - the ps utilities (e.g., psresize, psscale) of Andrew
Duggan (I think) look promising but don't seem to do the trick easily.
Is there another simple tool for manipulating ps files?
Thanks, Steve
Dr. Stephen C. Piper
Geosciences Research Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
La Jolla, CA 92093-0244
tel: (858) 534-4230 ext. 12
fax: (858) 534-8814
email: piper AT cdrgsun.ucsd.edu
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