Re: Question for Users: Interactive Mode

Rob Nicholas wrote:
> Carl,
>
> I use NCL in interactive mode on a regular basis -- mostly for
> debugging methods for scripts that I'm writing but sometimes just for
> quick calculations, simple plots, or mucking around with NetCDF files.
> The interface definitely has limitations (it would be nice to have
> better command line completion and a built-in documentation) but the
> ease of dealing with NetCDF files makes it my first choice over Matlab
> or Octave in many circumstances.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean about not being able to load
> "contributed.ncl" more than once -- are you getting some kind of
> error? I haven't encountered any problems with the latest version
> (5.2.1).
>
> ~Rob
>
Hi-Ho

Same here: interactive for prototyping / script development,
batch for production / mass processing.
Ability to read GRIB files is also a plus over Matlab.

Since this is becoming kind of a spontaneous survey,
and since Santa Claus is coming to town soon, here is my wish:

The infinitely controllable graphic features are good to produce
publication-quality figures.
However, it would be great to have a quick and dirty standard/barbones
way to plot 1D and 2D (maybe N-D) data on interactive mode,
for quick quality control.

A one-liner, no-frills, minimal options if any,
type of command/function.
Something like "plot(it)",
where "it" is the variable,
with whatever number of dimensions "it" has.
Some overlay
functions/operators would internally digest "it",
and translate "it"s dimensionality and data values into
something pretty to view and easy to understand.

Maybe this exists, but I am not aware of it, and I miss it.

Thanks for NCL, it is a great tool.

Happy Holidays,
Gus Correa
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Gustavo Correa
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory - Columbia University
Palisades, NY, 10964-8000 - USA
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