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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