Re: [ferret_users] script not saving output but making plots

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

I think it might be the space before “=“ in "frame/file =Wrf.gif”

I have seen FRAME be very finicky and produce hangs for bad syntax. Try it without that blank space.

BK

> On Nov 2, 2015, at 9:43 AM, Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Afwande,
> It's hard to say why this is happening.  When you run Ferret and make an image in an x-window, the FRAME command gets the image from the screen.  That seems to imply there's some issue with the x-windows settings.  We have not really had other reports of this happening.  What version of Ferret are you running?  And what is the x-windows software?  The Ferret installation guide has some discussion about x-windows setup, along with links to FAQ's on the topic, which may give you some ideas.
> 
> Meanwhile there is another option. When you run Ferret using the -script option,
> $ ferret -script test.jnl 
> then you could add  the -gif option as well:
> $ferret -gif -script test.jnl
> This will run Ferret without an x-window, and the graphics will be directly written to your gif file.
> 
> -Ansley
> 
> 
> On 10/30/2015 11:06 AM, afwande juliet wrote:
>> Hi ferreters
>> 
>> my script don't save the output even when I type command line by line. The output are made, the window size is open with plots but can save as .gif. It hangs forever even when I restart the computer. What could be wrong
>> 
>> I use 
>> 
>> yes? frame/file =Wrf.gif in the script
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> anyuola@login01 validation]$ ferret -script test.jnl 
>>  *** NOTE: Units on axis "time" are not recognized: day as %Y%m%d.%f
>>  *** NOTE: They will not be convertible:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> thanks Afwande
> 

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