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Re: [ferret_users] use of ppl color for changing line color/thickness



Hi Ansley,

Thank you.  Using /thick alongside color=7 didn't make the line any thicker for me.  But, color=14 and color=21 do make thicker lines.  Note I am using FERRET v6.1 64 bit Linux version.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: Ansley Manke <Ansley.B.Manke@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 11:47 pm
Subject: Re: [ferret_users] use of ppl color for changing line color/thickness
To: guimond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Stephen Guimond <sguimond@xxxxxxx>, oar.pmel.ferret_users@xxxxxxxx

> Hi Stephen,
> It's a little different to think about with more colors, but either
> 
>    set mode linecolors:7
>    ppl color 7,70,70,70
> 
>    plot/i=1:100/color=7/thick cos(i/50)
> 
> Or
> 
>    plot/i=1:100/color=14 cos(i/50)
> 
> Because there are now 7 distinct colors including the one you 
> defined, 
> the colors, cycle 1, ..., 7 thin; then 8, ...,14 thick; 15, ...,21 
> very 
> thick.
> 
> On 3/1/2011 12:19 PM, Stephen Guimond wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to plot data with a thick gray line.  I did:
> >
> > set mode linecolors:7
> > ppl color 7,70,70,70
> >
> > plot/i=1:100/line=7/set cos(i/50)
> > ppl pen 7 13
> > ppl plot
> >
> > I get a thin gray line no matter what I do after /set
> >
> > According to the color_thickness formula, if I define a new color 
> 7, the color_thickness for a thickness of 3 should be 19, but that 
> doesn't work either.  Eventually, I want to overlay this thick gray 
> line, which I note needs some different syntax.  What am I doing 
> wrong?>
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
> > =======================================================
> > Stephen R. Guimond
> > Graduate Research Assistant
> > Florida State University
> > Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
> > =======================================================
> 

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Stephen R. Guimond
Graduate Research Assistant
Florida State University
Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
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