Re: NCL Version 6.0.0 now available

Hi Dave,

the Plugin is now updated to recognize the new keywords, the list syntax [/ ... /] and the group syntax f=>/groupname
The automatic code completion is also updated. It knows now 1090 functions or procedures and 1458 resources.

Robert

Am 02.06.2011 um 22:46 schrieb David Brown:

> Hi Robert,
> 'group' is a new variable type that represents a portion of a file for formats such as HDF5 and NetCDF4 that support this concept.
> It is not fully documented yet and is still undergoing development. We hope to have more documentation soon.
> But just so you know, given a file type variable, 'f', that references a file containing the top level group 'mygroup', you can create a group variable, 'g', using:
>
> g = f=>/mygroup ; notice '=>' in place of '->'
>
> It is pretty much like a file type variable in that it can have group-level attributes and contains variables and/or other groups.
> -dave
>
> On Jun 2, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Mary Haley wrote:
>
>> Hi Robert,
>>
>> We list all the keywords and their documentation at:
>>
>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/Ref_Manual/NclKeywords.shtml
>>
>> Most of them appear to have documentation, except for "group". I think this is not ready for use yet, but Dave or Wei will have to jump in here.
>>
>> --Mary
>>
>> On Jun 2, 2011, at 1:22 AM, Robert Schuster wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Mary,
>>>
>>> I would like to add the new Keywords to the syntax checker of my Netbeans Plugin (http://plugins.netbeans.org/plugin/38897).
>>> Is there already a documentation of the usage of the new keywords? Especially for the group keyword?
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>> Am 30.05.2011 um 16:22 schrieb Mary Haley:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> The NCL team is pleased to announce the official release of NCL version 6.0.0.
>>>>
>>>> This release contains bug fixes that we found in 6.0.0-beta testing, and some new and updated functions.
>>>>
>>>> Here's what's available in 6.0.0 (for a list of what's new since 6.0.0-beta, since the link below):
>>>>
>>>> - Users can now create variables larger than 2 gigabytes (up to 4
>>>> gigabytes) in size on 64-bit systems.
>>>>
>>>> - The default missing values have been changed to be more in line
>>>> with NetCDF's missing values.
>>>>
>>>> - The NCL "byte" type is now a signed byte (it was unsigned previous
>>>> to this release), and there's now a "ubyte" (unsigned byte) type.
>>>>
>>>> - Eight new color tables were contributed by Emilie Vanvyve of NCAR.
>>>>
>>>> - Single PNG files no longer have "000001." as part of the file name.
>>>>
>>>> - You can now use NCL's "delete" procedure to delete multiple
>>>> variables. This is part of an overhaul of the "list" type, which
>>>> is currently in alpha testing.
>>>>
>>>> - There is some support for reading HDF5 files. This is in alpha
>>>> testing.
>>>>
>>>> - There are some new and updated functions. Here are the more significant ones:
>>>>
>>>> cd_calendar / cd_inv_calendar
>>>>
>>>> These functions are meant to be replacements for ut_calendar
>>>> and ut_inv_calendar. They support more calendar options, and
>>>> are more robust.
>>>>
>>>> wrf_user_list_times
>>>> wrf_user_getvar
>>>> wrf_user_ij_to_ll
>>>> wrf_user_ll_to_ij
>>>>
>>>> These functions have been updated to allow the first
>>>> argument to be either a file opened with addfile, or a list
>>>> of files opened with addfiles.
>>>>
>>>> For full details on this new version with links to the new features, see:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/current_release.shtml
>>>>
>>>> --Mary Haley, on behalf of the NCL team
>>>>
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