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[GEMPAK #SKE-565516]: NMap2 on 1024x768 display

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  • Subject: [GEMPAK #SKE-565516]: NMap2 on 1024x768 display
  • Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:03:19 -0600
Rob,

Thanks for the update. I'll try to put in a 1024x768 resource file 
into the 5.9.4 release.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support


> Thanks for the response - that command did nothing for me but I noticed the
> Nmap*fontlist had 14pt... I dropped that down to 8 and it fits perfectly!
> 
> - Rob
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Unidata GEMPAK Support
> > [mailto:address@hidden]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:47 PM
> > To: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Subject: [GEMPAK #SKE-565516]: NMap2 on 1024x768 display
> >
> > Rob,
> >
> > You might try decreasing the font size by using the -xrm
> > option on the command line launching of nmap2 to be read by
> > the window manager as mentioned in this message:
> >
> > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/gempak/m
> > sg04769.html
> >
> > Steve Chiswell
> > Unidata User Support
> >
> >
> >
> > > I've set up the GEMPAK 5.9.3 suite to work on my XP laptop
> > using the
> > > free VMWare player, and so far all areas seem to be working
> > perfectly
> > > - except for NMap2's Data Source window. My laptop (most laptops?)
> > > can't go higher than 1024x768 and that causes an issue
> > choosing grid data.
> > >
> > > If I want to select a GRID source, the Data Source window
> > takes up so
> > > much space that the Accept/Close buttons are off the bottom
> > of the screen.
> > > Usually when I go to add the initial grid, it will condense things
> > > automatically so the buttons are still there. But if I ever modify,
> > > the lower two boxes (A1 A2 A3 etc., and the individual
> > macros within
> > > in each
> > > group) are too tall. Therefore I can't ever reach the 'accept' the
> > > plot the new gridded data.
> > >
> > > Is there anything in the Nmap resource file that would allow me to
> > > restrict those two boxes to maybe 4 items each instead of the 8
> > > showing now? I've tried every setting that looked like it
> > might have
> > > been for that section but no dice. I hoped that hitting
> > "ENTER" would
> > > automatically select and ESC to cancel but that didn't work either.
> > >
> > > - Rob
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Ticket Details
> > ===================
> > Ticket ID: SKE-565516
> > Department: Support GEMPAK
> > Priority: High
> > Status: Closed
> >
> >
> 
> 


Ticket Details
===================
Ticket ID: SKE-565516
Department: Support GEMPAK
Priority: High
Status: Closed