[gradsusr] gradsusr Digest, Vol 62, Issue 48

Nursalleh K Chang nursalleh at met.gov.my
Fri May 1 00:36:12 EDT 2015


Dear Jeff,

Ok then,i will upgrade to version 
2.1...many thanks.

regards 
Nursalleh

On Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:29:52 -0400, 
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> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 11:47:53 
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> From: Jeff Duda 
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> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] 
Transparency control plot
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> Based on your image it looks like 
you are using the graphics library 
> before Cairo came in version 2.1 
and above. I would suggest 
> upgrading to version
> 2.1 or above so that you can use 
the upgraded set rgb command which 
allows
> you to set transparency on colors.
> 
> Jeff Duda
> 
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:34 PM, 
Nursalleh K Chang 
<nursalleh at met.gov.my>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I managed to plot cone graphic 
for Typhoon track. How can i control 
the
> > transparency of filled color for 
the cone graphic?
> >
> > Sample script as below :
> >
> > 'reinit'
> > 'open jma_ssm.ctl'
> > 'set display color white'
> > 'clear'
> > 'set grads off'
> > 'set gxout contour'
> > 'set mpdset hires'
> > 'set z 1'
> > 'set t 1'
> > 'd PRMSLmsl/100'
> > 'basemap L 74 1 H'
> > 'basemap O 45 1 H'
> > 'printim indera.png'
> > 'clear'
> > 'set t 1'
> > 'set clevs 10000000'
> > 'set ccolor 0'
> > 'd PRMSLmsl/100'
> > 'set map 1'
> > 'draw map'
> > 'cone prmslmsl/100 -e 45 -minlat 
4.5 -maxlat 7.5 -minlon 92 -maxlon 
115 -
> > tunit day -tint 2 -maxtime 6 -
fcol 2'
> >
> > 'printim ucone.png -b  indera.png 
-t 2'
> >
> > 'quit'
> >
> > I also attach sample output. 
There is also problem with my basemap 
but i
> > will try to resolve it later. Any 
suggestion is highly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Warmest Regards,
> > Nursalleh K Chang at Nursalleh Bin 
Kasim
> > Assistant Director
> > Research & Development Section
> > Malaysian Meteorological 
Department
> > Jalan Sultan 46667, Petaling Jaya
> > Selangor, Malaysia
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> Jeff Duda
> Graduate research assistant
> University of Oklahoma School of 
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> Center for Analysis and Prediction 
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> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:30:14 
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> From: Semyon Grodsky 
<senya at atmos.umd.edu>
> Subject: Re: [gradsusr] display 
problem with v.2.1.a3
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> Jennifer,
> I can only confirm that saving 
picture with gxprint gives right 
result.
> --Senya
> 
> On 4/30/2015 12:10 PM, Jennifer 
Adams wrote:
> >
> > On Apr 30, 2015, at 11:27 AM, 
Semyon Grodsky <senya at atmos.umd.edu 
> > <mailto:senya at atmos.umd.edu>> 
wrote:
> >
> >> Jennifer,
> >> from windows laptop I use telnet 
to connect to the Linux RH7 machine 
> >> and XMing  for X11. In this case 
Grads 2.1.a3 works fine.
> > Good! I think that means it?s not 
a GrADS problem.
> >
> >>
> >> I am getting display problem 
when physically log into RH7 machine. 
In 
> >> this case 2.0.2 works fine, but 
2.1.a1 and 2.1.a3 both fail to 
display.
> > I always use SSH from my laptop 
to connect to Redhat linux systems ? 
I 
> > am not sure I can even duplicate 
this method of running GrADS. I know 
> > that unix systems have a GUI 
interface for logging in directly 
that 
> > looks a bit like a windows 
desktop, but I have never used it. 
What 
> > happens when you use batch mode 
and gxprint ? do you get a proper 
> > graphic that way?
> Yes, although picture is not 
displayed right, saving it with 
gxprint 
> gives valid graphic.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> The difference between the two 
cases is in X11. In the first case it 
> >> is handled by Xming (not sure, 
guessing that), in the second case it 
> >> is handled by RH7 X11 library.
> > X11 has client/server sides, and 
I often get them confused. I think it 
> > is the X11 server that is on the 
laptop side, and the client on the 
> > redhat linux side. So if you are 
using the unix GUI, maybe that is 
> > employing the older version of 
the X11 server that has the faulty 
> > rendering?
> 
> >
> >
> > ?Jennifer
> >
> >
> >
> >>
> >> --Senya
> >>
> >>
> >> On 4/30/2015 11:16 AM, Jennifer 
Adams wrote:
> >>> You say it works fine on a 
windows 8.1 laptop with Xming. What 
is 
> >>> the system that doesn?t work? ?
Jennifer
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Apr 30, 2015, at 11:13 AM, 
Semyon Grodsky <senya at atmos.umd.edu 
> >>> <mailto:senya at atmos.umd.edu>> 
wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Jennifer,
> >>>> Thanks for coming back on 
that.
> >>>> Please see below.
> >>>> --Senya
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 4/30/2015 11:02 AM, 
Jennifer Adams wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Apr 30, 2015, at 10:41 AM, 
Semyon Grodsky <senya at atmos.umd.edu 
> >>>>> <mailto:senya at atmos.umd.edu>> 
wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Dear experts,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> after updating LINUX to 
RedHat Enterprise 7, grads v 2.1.a3 
> >>>>>> starts failing
> >>>>>> to display plots properly. 
In particular, 2.1.a3 is failing to 
plot
> >>>>>> contours (merely plotting 
contour labels).
> >>>>> This is probably a symptom of 
an X11 problem. Are you using COLA?s 
> >>>>> pre-compiled build on RHEL7, 
or did you build your own executable 
> >>>>> from source?
> >>>> (1) we are using pre-compiled 
binaries from 
> >>>> 
http://www.iges.org/grads/downloads.h
tml. But they are indicated as 
> >>>> RHEL5 (not 7).
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It seems that this problem 
is machine dependent and is probably 
> >>>>>> associated
> >>>>>> with the Cairo rendering in 
X11. If I log into the same machine, 
> >>>>>> but from
> >>>>>> windows laptop (XMing), 
grads works fine.
> >>>>> What is the non-windows 
system you are using to login to the 
linux 
> >>>>> system that fails to render 
the graphics properly? If it is a 
mac, 
> >>>>> what does it say about 
versions in the ?About X11? pop up 
window? 
> >>>>> What version of OS X is 
running?
> >>>> It works fine from WINDOWS 8.1 
laptop (Dell) with Xming. I don't 
> >>>> have a MAC to try.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is there any cure for that?
> >>>>> It is probably going to 
require a new X11 release, something 
over 
> >>>>> which I have no control. I 
will need more information before 
> >>>>> submitting a bug report, 
however.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> OS upgrades are always full 
of unexpected complications!  :-(
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ?Jennifer
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>> --Senya
> >>>>>> ------------
> >>>>>>  q config
> >>>>>> Config: v2.1.a3 little-
endian readline grib2 netcdf hdf4-sds 
hdf5
> >>>>>> opendap-grids,stn geotiff 
shapefile cairo
> >>>>>> Grid Analysis and Display 
System (GrADS) Version 2.1.a3
> >>>>>> Copyright (C) 1988-2015 by 
the Institute for Global Environment 
and
> >>>>>> Society (IGES)
> >>>>>> This program is distributed 
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY
> >>>>>> See file COPYRIGHT for more 
information.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Built Tue Mar 10 12:20:42 
EDT 2015 for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This version of GrADS has 
been configured with the following 
options:
> >>>>>>   o Built on a LITTLE ENDIAN 
machine
> >>>>>>   o Athena Widget GUI 
DISABLED
> >>>>>>   o Command line editing 
ENABLED
> >>>>>> 
http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readl
ine/rltop.html
> >>>>>>   o GRIB2 interface ENABLED
> >>>>>> http://www.ijg.org 
<http://www.ijg.org/>
> >>>>>> 
http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~mdadams/jaspe
r 
> >>>>>> 
<http://www.ece.uvic.ca/%7Emdadams/ja
sper>
> >>>>>> 
http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/code
s/GRIB2
> >>>>>>       g2clib-1.4.0
> >>>>>>   o NetCDF interface ENABLED
> >>>>>> 
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/
netcdf
> >>>>>>       netcdf 4.3.3 of Mar 10 
2015 11:30:12 $
> >>>>>>   o OPeNDAP gridded data 
interface ENABLED
> >>>>>>   o OPeNDAP station data 
interface ENABLED
> >>>>>> 
http://iges.org/grads/gadoc/supplibs.
html
> >>>>>>       libgadap 2.0
> >>>>>>   o HDF4 and HDF5 interfaces 
ENABLED
> >>>>>> http://hdfgroup.org 
<http://hdfgroup.org/>
> >>>>>>       HDF 4.2r3
> >>>>>>       HDF5 1.8.12
> >>>>>>   o GeoTIFF and KML/TIFF 
output ENABLED
> >>>>>> http://www.libtiff.org 
<http://www.libtiff.org/>
> >>>>>> http://geotiff.osgeo.org 
<http://geotiff.osgeo.org/>
> >>>>>>   o KML contour output 
ENABLED
> >>>>>>   o Shapefile interface 
ENABLED
> >>>>>> http://shapelib.maptools.org 
<http://shapelib.maptools.org/>
> >>>>>>   o Cairo graphics interface 
ENABLED
> >>>>>> http://cairographics.org 
<http://cairographics.org/>
> >>>>>> 
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman
> >>>>>> 
http://www.freetype.org/index2.html
> >>>>>> 
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Softw
are/fontconfig
> >>>>>>       Cairo 1.12.16
> >>>>>>       Pixman 0.28.0
> >>>>>>       Freetype 2.4.10
> >>>>>>       Fontconfig 2.9.0
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> For additional information 
please consult http://iges.org/grads
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ----------------------------
-------------------------------
> >>>>>> Semyon Grodsky
> >>>>>> Computer and Space Science 
Building (Bldg. #224), Room 2409
> >>>>>> Department of Atmospheric 
and Oceanic Science
> >>>>>> University of Maryland
> >>>>>> College Park, MD 20742
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Phone:  301-405-5330
> >>>>>> Fax:    301-314-9482
> >>>>>> E-mail: senya at atmos.umd.edu 
<mailto:senya at atmos.umd.edu>
> >>>>>> 
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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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> >>>> -- 
> >>>> ------------------------------
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> >>>> Semyon Grodsky
> >>>> Computer and Space Science 
Building (Bldg. #224), Room 2409
> >>>> Department of Atmospheric and 
Oceanic Science
> >>>> University of Maryland
> >>>> College Park, MD 20742
> >>>>
> >>>> Phone:  301-405-5330
> >>>> Fax:    301-314-9482
> >>>> E-mail:senya at atmos.umd.edu
> >>>> 
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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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> >> -- 
> >> --------------------------------
---------------------------
> >> Semyon Grodsky
> >> Computer and Space Science 
Building (Bldg. #224), Room 2409
> >> Department of Atmospheric and 
Oceanic Science
> >> University of Maryland
> >> College Park, MD 20742
> >>
> >> Phone:  301-405-5330
> >> Fax:    301-314-9482
> >> E-mail:senya at atmos.umd.edu
> >> 
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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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> -- 
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> Semyon Grodsky
> Computer and Space Science Building 
(Bldg. #224), Room 2409
> Department of Atmospheric and 
Oceanic Science
> University of Maryland
> College Park, MD 20742
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> Phone:  301-405-5330
> Fax:    301-314-9482
> E-mail: senya at atmos.umd.edu
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Nursalleh K Chang at Nursalleh Bin Kasim
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Research & Development Section
Malaysian Meteorological Department
Jalan Sultan 46667, Petaling Jaya
Selangor, Malaysia



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