Re: 1) CD-ROMs 2) Dates on stereo plots

["Mark A. Verschell" <verschel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sep 3, 11:51pm, Rodrigo Caballero Augi wrote:
> 1) Can Ferret read data directly from a CD-ROM? (I've tried it in the
> straightforward way, but the instruction 'use data_file' always produces
> the message 'data_file not existent or not on line' even though the CD is
> correctly mounted)

If you are including directory or device names you need to enclose the name in
double quotes. E.g.:
yes? use "/dev/cd/mydata"

> 2) Is there a way to make ferret automatically print the date on a
> stereographic plot as it does for regular plots? This would be useful when
> making several plots with 'repeat', so that you can see the time ticking
> away in animations.

You didn't say how you were doing the stereographic projections, but if you are
using polar_2d for example, make a local copy of polar_2d.jnl and edit it to
include a date label.

Mark

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