Re: newbie documentation and julian date question

Mary Jo Brodzik wrote:
> Hello, everyone,
>
> I'm new to NCL, and with Dennis Shea's help (thanks, Dennis!) I've gotten
> a little script working that converts a couple of flat binary files into
> netCDF. I have three questions:
>
> 1) I'll bet that there are julian date format convertors out there,
> somewhere. Can someone let me know where they are?
>
                [a] http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/
                [b1] Click "Documentation"; Click "Functions";
                       Under "Earth Science" Click "Date"

                      greg2jul,
<http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/greg2jul.shtml>
jul2greg, day_of_year, ut_calendar, ut_inv_calendar
<http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/jul2greg.shtml>

               [b2] In the upper left of *any* NCL page type what you want
                      in the Search box. eg: julian
<http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/jul2greg.shtml>
> 2) As a general logistical question, is there some way to query for help
> on a general topic at the command line? Something like "help date"
>
Nope .... bummer

> If not, then how do NCL users find out about routines they might be
> looking for, and/or how to call those routines once they know they're
> there?
>
use the "search" box in the upper left. Usually, there are examples of
usage at the bottom of the page.

> 3) I'm an emacs user, and have found and installed the ncl.el file for
> formatting, but I'm wondering if there's anything like an
> ncl-shell-mode, where I can do line-by-line debugging with the script
> in one window, tied to an ncl execution shell in the other?
>

I don't use EMACS ... somebody else must answer.

Regards
D

> Thanks,
> Mary Jo Brodzik
>
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