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Re: [ferret_users] Puzzling metafile error with Fprint



Apologies, forgot to add those lines in my example script (I guess PPL CLSPLT is the same as CAN MODE META) - I had indeed used those.

...So, my original error still stands. Further info - 

A suggestion that someone emailed was to use a different symbol (e.g. plot/vs/sym=2). This produces a viable postscript, but then I can't get the effect I want. My script has worked fine with the standard map before (i.e. fill my_var), so I guess it's something going on with the fact that I am using map projections....? 

I have also tried using mp_line.jnl:

let lon = x[gx=my_var1[d=1]] + 0*y[gy=my_var1[d=1]]
let lat = 0*x[gx=my_var1[d=1]] + y[gy=my_var1[d=1]]
let maskx = lon*signif
let masky = lat*signif
go mp_line plot/vs/over/sym=dot/nolab  xsequence(maskx) ysequence(masky)

but this didn't work either (memory failure, but I think the above must be wrong).

Paul

On Feb 25, 2009, at 5:41 PM, William S. Kessler wrote:

You need to start the metafile with SET MODE META before making the plot, and then close the metafile with PPL CLSPLT after finishing your plot. BK

On Feb 25, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Paul Young wrote:

Hi all,

I'm having a problem generating a postscript file using Fprint. I get the following error:

GKSM item 12121226 is undefined
ggetgksm()  163 Metafile item is invalid
greadgksm()  162 No item is left in GKS Metafile input

which I have not had any luck finding on these forums or via google.

Essentially, the problem seems to be related to my "shading" certain areas of a fill/ plot with plot/vs. Here's a sketch of what I am doing:

use my_data1.nc     !Time series of (e.g.) winter averages
use my_data2.nc

let variance1 = my_var1[d=1,t=@var]  !Standard deviation calculation
let sd1 = variance1^0.5

let delta = my_var2[d=2,t=@ave] - my_var1[d=1,t=@ave]
let signif = if abs(delta) gt sd1 then 1 else 0

set region/x=0:360/y=-90:-20              !Define SH region

set grid delta
go mp_stereographic_south 0 -40
fill/noaxes/nolab/lev=(-80)(-40,40,10)(80)/y=-90:-20/set delta, x_page, y_page
ppl title "1981to1986 - 1979to1980: Dec-May Avg"
ppl fill
go mp_land

plot/vs/over/sym=dot/nolab  x_page*signif, y_page*signif

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Removing the plot/vs removes the error, so I guess this is where things are going awry.

Btw, I tried using the polymark.jnl script to shade the data, but it just shaded a ring around the south pole - don't think I've got the command quite right:

go polymark poly/pal=black/over  xsequence(x_page), xsequence(y_page), xsequence(signif), circle, 0.2

As usual, thanks for any help,

Paul



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