[gradsusr] More about version 2.1

[Matt Bunkers - WFO UNR]

Jennifer,

Thanks much for this recent upgrade, as well as for the i686 compiled
version!  The new fonts are really nice and come in handy for the graphics
we create at the NWS.

-- Matt, NWS Rapid City, SD



On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:

> I have added two new builds to the downloads page: one for the older OSX
> (10.5) and the other for 32-bit linux (i686). Special thanks go to Don
> Hooper for rebuilding the supplibs and creating the i686 linux build for
> us.
> --Jennifer
>
> On Dec 18, 2013, at 3:44 PM, Eric Altshuler wrote:
>
> Hi Jennifer,
>
> Does the Mac OS X build run on 10.6 (Snow Leopard)? For version 2.0.2,
> there are builds for OS X 10.5 and 10.7, and I use the 10.5 build since I
> assume the 10.7 build won't run in Snow Leopard. But you don't specify an
> OS X version for the 2.1 build.
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
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> *From: *"Jennifer Adams" <jma at cola.iges.org>
> *To: *"GrADS Users Forum" <gradsusr at gradsusr.org>
> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 18, 2013 8:42:37 AM
> *Subject: *[gradsusr] More about version 2.1
>
> Dear All,
> I wrote in the ChangeLog that the graphics code had been restructured to
> be more "pluggable." This means that now it is much easier to switch
> between graphics rendering engines. If you are unhappy with the Cairo
> interface -- for performance reasons, or because of the output image file
> size, or because you rely on the interactive widgets -- it will be possible
> to stick with the classic interface (which has direct calls to X11 and
> which uses the GD library to create the image output). In future releases,
> we will begin to use dynamic linking. This will allow the user to choose a
> preferred rendering engine. The move to dynamic linking will also enable
> user-defined functions, and will improve the performance of GrADS,
> especially in environments where it is run in multiple instances in batch
> mode for quick jobs such as the data I/O behind the GDS or for operational
> image generation behind a web site.
>
> It is my hope that building GrADS from source will also become easier as
> we move to dynamic linking. The custom builds of the supplibs, which are
> currently optimized for static linking and portability, will be replaced by
> standard system installations and GrADS will only load what is necessary at
> run time. There are 30 (!) libraries that are statically linked with the
> latest release -- we believe GrADS has reached the tipping point where this
> strategy is now becoming a liability.
>
> The feature that will not return with the classic interface is the use of
> the print command to write out a metafile for gxps, gxeps, gxtran, and
> gv32. If you need vector graphics output, you will have to use version 2.1
> with Cairo, or stick with version 2.0.
>
> So, version 2.1.a1 is "alpha" in the sense that its features are not fully
> developed, but I believe the new code is working well, and I encourage you
> to try version 2.1 and see for yourselves just how nice the graphics look
> with Cairo. I am working on updating the scripts behind our web site,
> http://wxmaps.org, to showcase the new capabilities.
>
> Happy Holidays, Everyone!
> --Jennifer
>
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