Re: Images creation from ferret

[Aggeliki Barberopoulou <aggeliki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I followed all the commands exactly as you told me and the file is there
in my directory with just a white background.

Thank you

On Tue, 24 May 2005, Ansley Manke wrote:

> Hi Aggeliki,
> I need more information to try to help.
>
> What operating system are you running Ferret on, and what version of
> Ferret? (This information is included in the lines that are written to
> your screen when you start Ferret.) Do you have write permission in the
> directory where you are running Ferret? As a test of the permissions in
> the directory, when you are finished with a Ferret session, is there a
> ferret.jnl file, and does it contain the commands you used?
>
> Here's a quick outline of the ways to get graphics files. When you say
> ferret -gif, Ferret starts up.  Enter your plot commands, and then issue
> a frame/file=filename.gif to produce the gif output.
>
>  > ferret -gif
> yes? plot/i=1:20 1./i
> yes? frame/file=myfile.gif
> yes? exit
>
> ferret -batch needs a filename on the startup line.
>
>  > ferret -batch  plotfile.ps
> yes? plot/i=1:20 1./i
> yes? exit
>
> ferret metafiles are a third way to make output graphics files.  The
> unix command Fprint converts these to postscript.
>
>  > ferret
> yes? set mode meta
> yes? plot/i=1:20 1./i
> yes? exit
>
>  > Fprint -o file3.ps metafile.plt
>
> Aggeliki Barberopoulou wrote:
>
> >Dear users
> >
> >i hope this is not a boring question. I have pretty much followed
> >everything that would relate to creating a gif or even a ps file from
> >ferret. Nothing works. Basically a file is created but it does not contain
> >anything. i have tried ferret -gif and i have tried ferret -batch. What am
> >i doing wrong?
> >
> >Thank you
> >
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> >Aggeliki Barberopoulou
> >University of Washington
> >Department of Earth and Space Sciences
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Aggeliki Barberopoulou
University of Washington
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Box 351310							ATG 134
Seattle, WA 98195						206 543 5255
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