[McIDAS #GXL-741119]: Re: McIDAS #JTG-722928

Hi Justin,

re:
> First, thank you for the detailed response and all your assistance so far.
> :-)

No worries.  It is fun to see someone progress as far as you have as fast
as you have!

re:
> I have half a mind to try and delete the whole program and try to reinstall
> it just to make sure I full understand the process and hopefully don't need
> to bother you for assistance regarding it in the future.

This should be easy for you now ** as long as you take care to setup the
process for defining the needed environment variables **.  I tried to
make this as easy as I could, and basically I based what I did on what
GEMPAK had done previously.

re: using the CYCLE or SEQ keywords in IMGDISP invocations

> I was looking to basically just display a loop that shows the current
> typhoon in the WPAC. If it redisplays a loop, that basically means it
> redraws each individual frame, correct?

Correct.

But, you don't have to redisplay each frame in the loop.  IMGDISP can
replace the oldest image in a loop with a new one by use of the CYCLE=
keyword.

re:
> My guess is we are probably just wanting to update the loop as new images
> become available, so it pushes the old image frames out in a sequence.
> Which would be the preference (SEQ or CYCLE) for what I am trying to
> accomplish?

Absolutely yes!

Cheers,

Tom
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Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: GXL-741119
Department: Support McIDAS
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed