Mason,<br>Okay, I put your script to work on a different computer system and got the results you're looking for (I think, see attached image).� Here's the code that got those results:<br><br>'open narr-a_221_19981218_0000_000.ctl'<br>
hgt = 850<br>'set lev 'hgt<br>'set lat 34 46'<br>'set lon -114 -97'<br>'set mpdset hires'<br>'set display color white'<br>'clear'<br>tt = 1<br>while (tt <= 8)<br>�'set t 'tt<br>
�'set cint 10'<br>�'set ccolor 0'<br>�'d HGTprs'<br>�'set clab %.0f`3.`1C'<br>�'set cint 2'<br>�'set cstyle 2'<br>�'set ccolor 2'<br>�'d (TMPprs - 273)'<br>�'set gxout barb'<br>
�'d skip(UGRDprs,3,3);VGRDprs;mag(UGRDprs,VGRDprs)'<br>�'printim example_'tt'_'hgt'.png x800 y600'<br>�'clear'<br>�tt = tt + 1<br>endwhile<br><br>You'll notice the only things I changed (other than the path to the files) is where I put some of the setup commands, and that I removed the "set background" command.� You don't need to use both "set background" and "set display" to get what you want.� In fact, I think those two commands sort of canceled each other out.� I would suggest always going with the "set display color white" ; "clear" sequence.� Changing either the background or display color messes with the color that represents the "foreground" and "background".� When you did "set background 1", you told Grads to set the color index 1 to black and 0 to white instead of the other way around, which is the default behavior.� I don't know if it matters to get much deeper than that, but just use the suggestion I provided and you'll be fine.<br>
<br>Jeff<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Rowell, Mason D. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Mason.D.Rowell-1@ou.edu">Mason.D.Rowell-1@ou.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
All,<br>
<br>
I reduced the iterations to one, and I still cannot get these commands in the script to do the same thing when typing them one by one on the command line with a refresh load of grads. Has anyone had this happen before? Could someone run my script and tell me if you still only get a black background, despite the command?<br>
<br>
Mason<br>
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Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Background options failing<br>
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All,<br>
<br>
Absolutely nothing will work. Even if I use white in printim the image is STILL black. This is such a huge waste of time at this point. Should it be so hard to get a script to work right?<br>
<br>
Mason<br>
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Subject: Re: [gradsusr] Background options failing<br>
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Try moving your 'clear' command to the line after you 'set display color white', e.g.,<br>
<br>
'set background 1'<br>
'set display color white'<br>
'clear'<br>
<br>
That might work.<br>
<br>
-Nick<br>
<br>
----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Rowell, Mason D." <<a href="mailto:Mason.D.Rowell-1@ou.edu">Mason.D.Rowell-1@ou.edu</a>><br>
Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 6:17 pm<br>
Subject: [gradsusr] Background options failing<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a>><br>
<br>
> All,<br>
><br>
> See the below. I cannot get the script to do the same as the<br>
> command line operations, even when they are the same.<br>
><br>
> Mason<br>
> ________________________________________<br>
> From: Rowell, Mason D.<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 4:17 PM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:gradsusr@gradsusr.org">gradsusr@gradsusr.org</a><br>
> Subject:<br>
><br>
> All,<br>
><br>
> Running the above, command by command, gives me white background,<br>
> with grey political boundaries and a black frame, but running the<br>
> script, gives me orange boundaries and black background (with white<br>
> frame). This is a complete mystery to me. In fact, I often have to<br>
> completely close out of grads and reopen from scratch in order to<br>
> get 'set background 1' to work from the command line (which only<br>
> shows after using clear). So I would expect at least the first<br>
> image from the script to look right but it doesn't. Anyone know why<br>
> grads is needing a fresh start to change this, ALONG with a clear,<br>
> then never to work properly again unless I reboot it? This can't be<br>
> the only problem with the script since it won't even work right for<br>
> the first image running the script with a fresh grads<br>
> session....Again I am using an older 2.0 version 6.<br>
><br>
> Mason<br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Nick Heath<br>
Graduate Student<br>
Florida State University<br>
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science<br>
Love Bldg. Rm 311<br>
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