up and down arrow key in GrADS

[Diane Stokes]

Yan,

If you built gradsc yourself, you can look for the required library and
  rebuild.  Or, if you downloaded the build, try another binary.

I haven't done any linux builds, so I'll let linux folks step in if you
need further assistance.

    Diane


Yan Huang wrote:
> Diane,
>
> Thanks.
> Here is the result from 'q config', and the grads prompt is 'ga>', not
> 'ga->'. How to enable the readline?
>
> Yan
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> ga> q config
> Config: v1.9b4 32-bit little-endian lats
>
> Grid Analysis and Display System (GrADS) Version 1.9b4
> Copyright (c) 1988-2005 by Brian Doty and IGES
> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
> Institute for Global Environment and Society (IGES)
> This program is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
> See file COPYRIGHT for more information.
>
> Built Tue Feb 27 12:50:33 EST 2007 for ia64-unknown-linux-gnu
>
> This version of GrADS has been configured with the following options:
>
>    o This is a 32-bit LITTLE ENDIAN machine version.
>    o Command line editing (readline) DISABLED.
>    o CIRES/CDC (http://www.cdc.noaa.gov) SDF/XDF interface DISABLED.
>      This version is NOT configured to read NetCDF/HDF-SDS files.
>    o DTYPE netcdf and DTYPE hdfsds are DISABLED.
>    o OPeNDAP (a.k.a. DODS) gridded data interface DISABLED.
>    o OPeNDAP (a.k.a. DODS) station data interface DISABLED.
>    o PCMDI (http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov) LATS interface ENABLED.
>      This version is configured to write GRIB files (but no NetCDF/HDF
> files).
>    o DAO (http://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov) Athena Widget GUI DISABLED.
>    o NRL/DAO/PCMDI XA or ImageMagick Image Output DISABLED.
>    o printim command DISABLED
>
>
> For additional information please consult http://grads.iges.org/grads/
> At 06:26 PM 3/21/2007, you wrote:
>> Yan,
>>
>> A first step would be to ensure that readline is enabled.  What is the
>> result of "q config"?  Include the grads prompt when you send it.  (It
>> should be "ga->", not "ga>").
>>
>>   Diane
>>
>> Yan Huang wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I encounter a problem in GrADs when switching from Unix to Linux.
>>> After entering into GrADs window with gradsc command, I cannot move
>>> up and
>>> down arrow key to repeat/search commands I used before, which is very
>>> inconvenient.
>>> The left and right arrow keys, and backspace key don't work either. I
>>> can
>>> only use 'delete' key to modify the commands.
>>>
>>> Anyone has any ideas for this?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>> Yan
>>
>> --
>> Diane Stokes
>> Environmental Modeling Center
>> National Weather Service/NOAA

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Diane Stokes
Environmental Modeling Center
National Weather Service/NOAA