[gradsusr] GrADS--Failure of display box to open with map

[Jennifer Adams]

You probably have the same ascii file set up for both the L and O options. Check your copy of the basemap.gs script where it has the comment "Set the polygon data files". 
--Jennifer

On Nov 12, 2013, at 6:10 AM, Eniola Olaniyan wrote:

> Dear Jennifer 
> 
> Thank you for the assistance but what i could do is just to mask the land. Even with the 
> 
> basemap O command is still the land that is being masked
>   
> is there something am doing wrong again
> 
> Please let me know
> 
> Eniola
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
> You probably have to update your copy of basemap.gs with the full path to the ascii files. 
> --Jennifer
> p.s. I recently wrote a doc page for basemap: http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/basemap.html
> 
> 
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 4:03 PM, Eniola Olaniyan wrote:
> 
>> dear Jennifer 
>> 
>> I am having Error reading lpoly_lowres.asc when I tried to run basemap script to 
>> 
>> mask the ocean and for only the plot on the land to be displayed
>> 
>> I am using grads-2.0.2 on linux Ubuntu12.04
>> 
>> Please I need help
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Jennifer Adams <jma at cola.iges.org> wrote:
>> You must be in batch mode, which does not open a display window. Did you use -b when you invoked GrADS ? 
>> --Jennifer
>> 
>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Mayes, Fred wrote:
>> 
>>> I closed the GrADS application and restarted it, following the tutorial.
>>> Previously when  I typed “d ps” I got a second box with an isobar map  in it.
>>> However,  this time, I got  no display box but simply the line in the command box,
>>> “Contouring:  500 to 1000 interval 50”.
>>>  
>>> Fred Mayes
>>> Senior Technology  Analyst,
>>>    Electricity, Coal,  Nuclear and Renewables Office
>>> Energy Information Administration
>>> 1000 Independence Ave., SW   EI-34
>>> Washington, DC  20585
>>> (202) 586-1508 (W)
>>>  
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>> --
>> Jennifer M. Adams
>> Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA)
>> 111 Research Hall, Mail Stop 2B3
>> George Mason University
>> 4400 University Drive
>> Fairfax, VA 22030 
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