Re: 20060201: Nsharp resource file

The problem appears to be in my .cshrc file where I have the following:

    setenv XUSERFILESEARCHPATH      ~/.app-defaults/%N
    
This is resetting the nawips value.  Not sure why I have it there but
it certainly dates back many years when I found I needed it
for...something.  Can't remember why anymore.  Removing it solves the
problem.  Thanks,

David


>
>David,
>
>Since I have never sent anything in a distribution for a
>.apps-defaults file, chances by having it, you are working around the
>application using/requiring $NAWIPS/resource/Nsharp? You should
>definitely remove the file, since changes in the distribution would be
>hidden by your file. You also would not want to be copying the
>supplied resource file into your .apps-defaults directory.
>The Gemenviron script sets 
>XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=/home/gempak/GEMPAK5.9.1/resource/%N.
>
>Now you said that the program crashed without it? You might have to
>logout and restart your X session if ithas cached/loaded these as
>Xdefaults.
>
>Under Darwin, when launching nsharp I see:
>
>Welcome to Darwin!
>% nsharp
>loading clo tables.....
>finished reading tables!
>Resource File:  /home/gempak/GEMPAK5.9.1/resource/Nsharp
>
>The tables needed will include those found under $GEMTBL/nwx,
>and it does provide for what resource file it is using.
>
>
>Steve Chiswell
>Unidata User Support
>
>
>
>>From: David Blanchard <address@hidden>
>>Organization: UCAR/Unidata
>>Keywords: 200602011324.k11DOS7s028326
>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>It turns out that $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl was pointing to the
>>directory where the data resides...but that the file names did not
>>follow the proper convention.  Instead of "YYYYMMDD_upa.gem" specified
>>in the table, I was using "YYMMDD_upa.gem". An old habit from the
>>pre-Y2K days. Changing the file names solved the problem. 
>>
>>So what do I do with this old resource file in my .app-defaults
>>directory? If I remove it, Nsharp quits on startup. Leaving it there
>>seems to do no harm.
>>
>>David
>>
>>>You are referencing old files. The configuration of the menu
>>>pulldowns is done through $GEMTBL/nsharp files, where the data set
>>>name UAIR in nsharp_observed.tbl is the $GEMTBL/config/datatype.tbl
>>>alias- the same datalocation you would be expecting by using the
>>>UAIR template in the SN* programs.
>>>
>>>Steve Chiswell
>>>Unidata User Support
>>>
>>>
>>>On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, David Blanchard wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm having trouble with Nsharp finding the correct data directory
>>>> for current soundings (Load > Observed > File > UAIR ). The NSHARP
>>>> resource file ( ~/.app-defaults) has been modified to the data
>>>> directory but does not appear to have any affect.
>>>>
>>>> Closer examination reveals that this may be an older resource file
>>>> since it mentions V3.1 at the top of the file.  In
>>>> $NAWIPS/resource/ there is a resource file for NSHARP v3.2 but it
>>>> only has a few lines and no paths to data locations. In addition,
>>>> if I use this file in my .app-defaults directory, I get errors:
>>>>
>>>> $ nsharp
>>>> nsharp: line 1: Nsharp.geometry:: command not found
>>>> nsharp: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('=20
>>>> nsharp: line 2: Nsharp.title:    SkewT Hodograph Analysis and 
>>>> Research Program (V3.2 + UPC Mods)'
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