Gosh I knew it was something stupid. I'd better drink some coffe next
time. Thanks.
>
> Marjolaine,
>
> You don't want to use equal signs or quotes in a resource file.
> Instead, use colons, and remove the quotes. For example:
>
> *tmXBLabelFont : Helvetica-bold
> *tmYLLabelFont : Helvetica-bold
> *tmYLLabelFontHeightF : 0.012
> *tmXBLabelFontHeightF : 0.012
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2005, at 5:12 AM, Marjolaine Krug wrote:
>
>> Dear Mary,
>>
>> Thanks to your help I have managed to plot the output to a different PS
>> filename. However, my program still does not seem to understand my
>> resource
>> file. I am confused on how to set the resources in the resource file.
>> In my NCL program, I make the plot with the call:
>> map = gsn_csm_contour_map_ce(wks,sst,res)
>> where res = True, and sst is my variable.
>> Inside my res file, i have placed definitions such as:
>> !
>> ! Tick marks
>> !
>> *tmXBLabelFont = "Helvetica-bold"
>> *tmYLLabelFont = "Helvetica-bold"
>> *tmYLLabelFontHeightF = 0.012
>> *tmXBLabelFontHeightF = 0.012
>> *tmXBMajorLengthF = 0.006
>> *tmXBMajorLengthF = 0.003
>> !
>> ! Contour
>> !
>> *cnFillOn = True
>> *cnLinesOn = False
>> *cnRasterModeOn = True
>> *cnFillDrawOrder = "PreDraw"
>> *cnLevelSelectionMode = "ManualLevels"
>> *cnMinLevelValF = 15.
>> *cnMaxLevelValF = 30.
>> *cnLevelSpacingF = 0.5
>>
>> These contour or tick mark settings are not "seen" by my NCL program.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong???
>>
>> Sincerely, Marjolaine.
>>
>> On Tuesday 04 January 2005 17:35, you wrote:
>>> Marjolaine Rouault
>>> 28, 9th Avenue
>>> 7975, Fish Hoek
>>> Cape Town
>>> South Africa
>>> Tel: +27-(0)21-782-3666
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mary Haley [mailto:haley@ucar.edu]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 4:48 PM
>>> To: Marjolaine Rouault
>>> Cc: ncl-talk@ucar.edu
>>> Subject: Re: resources
>>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2005, at 3:53 AM, Marjolaine Rouault wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to load some resources from a file and save my plot into
>>>> a postscript file with a name different to that of the resource file.
>>>> Is that possible? I have looked at the examples and can not find
>>>> anything like that.
>>>>
>>>> Also, i have tried using my resource file within the ncl program and
>>>> it does not see it. I call the resource file sst.res into the ncl
>>>> program by giving the command:
>>>>
>>>> wks = gsn_open_wks("ps" ,"sst.res")
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help. Marjolaine.
>>>
>>> Hi Marjolaine,
>>>
>>> You can try using the "wkPSFileName" resource:
>>>
>>> type = "ps"
>>> type@wkPSFileName = "psfile"
>>> wks = gsn_open_wks(type,"sst")
>>>
>>> Your PS file name will be "psfile.ps". Note that I removed the ".res"
>>> suffix from the second argument. This is
>>> because NCL will internally append the ".res" suffix. The way you had
>>> it above, NCL would have looked for
>>> a file "sst.res.res".
>>>
>>> A side note: the setting of the wkPSFileName resource may cause some
>>> warning messages like:
>>>
>>> warning:_NhlSetValues:wkPSFileName does not have "S" access
>>>
>>> You can safely ignore these. I will fix the code in a future release
>>> so
>>> the warnings go away.
>>>
>>> --Mary
>
>
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