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>From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> >Organization: UCAR/Unidata >Keywords: 200111072047.fA7KlB103547 >Steve, > >Two GEMPAK questions. Our Solaris x86 bix is limited >to 1024x768. At that res the data box for NWX is too big >to fit on the screen (the buttons at the bottom are off the screen). >I never saw this before as I was exporting the display to another >machine. Is there a way around that short of buying a monitor/video >that will 1152x900 or latger? Robert, This involves creating a copy/modifying of the $NAWIPS/resource files for the smaller display so that you can specify the geometry. I have done this in the past for our lap top which is 1024x768. I'll see if I can dig those out. > >Questions #2..I want to start using GCC as the compiler for >our x86 box since the Sun compilers are no longer being made >and to cut down on the complexity (license manager) when the >other guys might have to do a build. Will GEMPAK compile >with gcc/g77 on Solaris? If so do you already have a makefile >for that combo? I would like to go ahaed and build it with >some mods on another machine. > >Thanks, >Robert Mullenax > The g77 compiler can't handle the CHAR() functions in the $GEMPAK/include/MCHPRM.X86 file (unlike the f77 compilers). Therefore, the MCHPRM.X86 needs to use the assigments as used in the MCHPRM.Linux file which was created for the g77 compiler. Then, the $CONFIGDIR/Makeinx.x86 will need the appropriate gcc and g77 configurations. I haven't tested this configuration, so I don't have a sample of these files. I can create these configurations for the 5.6.e.1 distribution that I will be making soon- so I can test the build configuration- but if you are ready to proceed....the above should be the extents. Steve CHiswell