Re: psxy and segment headers

Pretty sure this requires at least 5.1.1 or later (i.e., svn version).
-p

On Jul 29, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Russell Cuthbertson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm trying to implement the mods that Christian Heine
> (http://tectonicwaters.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/plate-boundaries-for-gmt5s-p
> sxy/) has done to Peter Bird's tectonic plates file
> (peterbird.name/oldFTP/PB2002/). 
> The -Sf section headers are meant to create the various symbols for each
> type of plate boundary. 
> 
> The command is meant to be:
> psxy -J -R PB2002_boundaries.gmt -W0.5p,red -O -Sf0.25/3p -Gred
> -Ba30:."Bird's_Plate_Boundaries" >> out.ps
> 
> But all I get is:
> psxy: Warning: # not a valid number and may not be decoded properly.
> psxy: Mismatch between actual (2) and expected (3) fields near line 22
> 
> Here is a snippet of the relevant bit of the file (with line numbers)
> 18:	#
> 19:	#
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #
> 20:	> AF-AN Mueller et al. [1987]   
> 21:	> -Sf0.45/3p
> 22:	-0.4379 -54.8518
> 
> It appears to be recognising segment headers OK. gmtdefaults shows:
>  IO_SEGMENT_MARKER               = >
> 
> What else is it expecting?
> 
> I'm using 5.1.0
> 
> RussC
> 
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