Re: [ferret_users] Announcing Ferret v6.3 for the Mac

["William S. Kessler" <william.s.kessler@xxxxxxxx>]

This problem is easily solved (should have been done in the install  
script?).

The environment variable PLOTFONTS needs to point to where the NEW  
fonts directory is (should have been on the tarfile).

On my system (tcsh), the command is:

setenv PLOTFONTS /full/path/to/NEW/fonts

(The old fonts were in /usr/local/ferret/ppl/fonts)

And note that if you switch back to the old Ferret, you have to reset  
this environment variable.

Billy


On 8 Jan 10, at 3:29 AM, Andrew Ferrone wrote:

> Dear all
>
> Thanks to Ansley and those who worked on this to provide us with  
> the executables for MAC. I installed them on my intel mac OSX 10.6  
> and everything works fine when I launch ferret. I can load  
> datasets, list the data included, even the GUI works fine.
>
> However when I try to plot some data (with plot, shade, or fill  
> command for example, in command line or GUI) that I get the error  
> below (seems to be related to some file containing a font, the file  
> exists on my system).
>
> Has anybody had a similar problem, and if yes how did you solve it?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Andrew
>
> forrtl: severe (24): end-of-file during read, unit 10, file /usr/ 
> local/ferret/ppl/fonts/fnt01.chr
> Image              PC                Routine            Line         
> Source
> ferret             0000000100B1582C  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100B14364  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100AEB187  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100A7DF78  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100A7D761  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100AA7E37  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             000000010008DFA4  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             000000010051347E  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100514F0B  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100152FA1  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100161572  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             00000001000CF6AA  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             000000010000257E  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100313D2C  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             0000000100001B52  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             00000001000018C1  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
> ferret             00000001000010F4  Unknown               Unknown   
> Unknown
>
>
>
>
> > Hi All, At long last we have up-to-date executables for you!  
> > Because of the contributions of Ferret colleagues, we are able to  
> > release version 6.3 for the intel-based Macs; Leopard and Snow  
> > Leopard. (OSX-10.5 and OSX-10.6).
> >
> > We have also have a Ferret version 6.4 executable for the PowerMac  
> > - OSX-4.
> >
> > The powermac version does not include external functions (simply  
> > for lack of time to work on building them). This should not be a  
> > major drawback most functions developed as external functions are  
> > now linked into the Ferret executable.
> >
> > Please try installing the appropriate Ferret executable by  
> > following the installation instructions in the pages below and  
> > running the Finstall script.
> > Ferret for intel mac, Leopard/Snow Leopard:
> > http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/static/Downloads/mac_intel_downloads.html
> >
> > Ferret for powermac, Tiger:
> > http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/static/Downloads/mac_4_downloads.html
> >
> > -Ansley and the Ferret team
>
> ______________________________________________________________
> Andrew FERRONE
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> Regional climate modelling, Climate Impacts of Aviation
>
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