Re: Problem with labels

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dan,
Are you aware of the -script option for running Ferret?  This option can
be combined with other command-line options such as -gif  or -batch, and
it allows you to pass arguments to the script from the command line.  To run
basemap.jnl  in batch mode, to produce a postscript file, and with arguments
x=300:360 y=0:60 20  the command would be:

   % ferret -batch mymap.ps  -script basemap.jnl x=300:360 y=0:60 20

The issue of redirection is on our list to look into, but unfortunately will not be
fixed in the next version of Ferret, to be released soon.

Ansley Manke

Dan wrote:

I consider this readline bug to be the number one
embarrassing bug of Ferret.

It means you cannot paste commands into a Ferret
section, and you cannot pipe a jnl file in a shell
command line.

I suggest that the Ferret developers put the issue to
the very top of their priority.


El Martes, 26 de Octubre de 2004 18:40, escribió:
  

Hi Paco,
I'll answer you outside of the Users List until we
    

find out
  

what the answer is, and then post it back to the
    

whole list.
  

There is not an upper limit on the number of labels.
    

 The error
  

indicates that Ferret somehow can't translate a
    

command.  It's
  

as if the text  @P422-10 has been separated from the
    

rest of
  

the command somehow.

Are you using redirection to pass your script to
    

Ferret?  If you
  

are running Ferret with a Unix command like

 > ferret -gif < myscript.jnl

Here is a message from the archives describing what
    

I think might
  

be the problem


    

../fu_2003/msg00883.html
  

An  answer is to create a short go script which does
    

nothing
  

but call your script and exit.  So you'd have a
    

script with
  

 call_script.jnl:

   go myscript.jnl
   exit

And then run it with

 > ferret -gif < call_script.jnl

Ansley

    

		
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