Re: psxy and segment headers

Fixed in r13399
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On Jul 30, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Paul Wessel <[email protected]> wrote:

> Oops, just noticed that - will have a look.
> -p
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> On Jul 30, 2014, at 2:17 PM, cj <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Hi,
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>> Just fyi, that, "there are some stray fault symbols being plotted on =
the left side of the map beyond the map boundaries, see attached PS/PDF =
file" Christian mentioned, still happens in r13394.
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>> -cj
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>> On Jul 30, 2014, at 6:40 PM, Paul Wessel <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>> Hi Christian-
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>>> OK, fixed in r13394.  It will accept -Sf or -Sq with no args and =
wait for segment header parsing.
>>> -p
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>>> On Jul 30, 2014, at 5:26 AM, Christian Heine =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>> Hi Paul, Russell,
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>>>> by pure coincidence, I just wanted to plot plate boundaries using =
the same file myself and struggled a bit (should read my own blog I =
suppose)... However, the command you specify below works for me as =
expected on Mac OS X 10.9 using 5.1.2_r13178 [64-bit], it also did work =
on older version. Maybe some file encoding issues?
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>>>> This feature was implemented by Paul in early Feb 2012 (going by my =
email), not sure which GMT version this corresponds to but I reckon it =
was an early GMT 5 version. So it's been around for a bit.
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>>>> @Paul: related to this - why is it necessary to specify the symbol =
size in the call to psxy when it is specified for all segment headers? =
When I try to call "gmt psxy -S" on that very same file Russ is quoting, =
I get:
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>>>> psxy: Segment header tries to switch to a line symbol like quoted =
line or fault - ignored
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>>>> Also, it seems that there are some stray fault symbols being =
plotted on the left side of the map beyond the map boundaries, see =
attached PS/PDF file.
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>>>> Command:
>>>> gmt psxy -JN180/22 -Rg PB2002_boundaries.gmt -W0.5p,red -Sf0.25/3p =
-Gred -Ba30 > out.ps
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>>>> [GMT5 version as specified above]
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>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Christian
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>>>> <out.pdf>
>>>> On 30 Jul 2014, at 1:18 am, Paul Wessel <[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>>> Pretty sure this requires at least 5.1.1 or later (i.e., svn =
version).
>>>>> -p
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>>>>> On Jul 29, 2014, at 1:09 PM, Russell Cuthbertson =
<[email protected]> wrote:
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>>>>>> 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/).=20
>>>>>> The -Sf section headers are meant to create the various symbols =
for each
>>>>>> type of plate boundary.=20
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>>>>>> 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
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>>>>>> 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
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>>>>>> Here is a snippet of the relevant bit of the file (with line =
numbers)
>>>>>> 18:    #
>>>>>> 19:    #
>>>>>> =
--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
--
>>>>>> #
>>>>>> 20:    > AF-AN Mueller et al. [1987]  =20
>>>>>> 21:    > -Sf0.45/3p
>>>>>> 22:    -0.4379 -54.8518
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>>>>>> It appears to be recognising segment headers OK. gmtdefaults =
shows:
>>>>>> IO_SEGMENT_MARKER               =3D >
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>>>>>> What else is it expecting?
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>>>>>> I'm using 5.1.0
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>>>>>> RussC
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