[ncl-install] printing Cygwin install instructions

[David B. Reusch]

Thanks Mary.  I'd forgotten to check on my home PC until your email:  
same result so having your PDF will be great.  I'll be sure to pass it 
along to my student.

I've also noticed that the package list doesn't mention netcdf.   I know 
it's not essential (ncl_filedump is there too) but I'd vote for adding 
it to the minimum list since ncdump can also be pretty useful.  Some of 
the library names have changed too though I unfortunately didn't take 
good notes when I did this install myself (over a month ago).

Lastly, I wanted to recommend another package: apt-cyg 
(https://github.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg). This supports installing 
individual packages (that one may have missed...) without going through 
the whole Cygwin setup/install process, i.e., much, much faster.  It's 
really easy to install and makes Cygwin so much nicer.  I know you don't 
want/need to replicate everything there is to know about Cygwin on the 
NCL page but this one probably deserves a spot :-)

Thanks!
Dave

Mary Haley wrote on 4/23/2015 8:55 AM:
> Hi Dave,
>
> This is odd, I have the same problem too.  In Firefox I can get the 
> first page, but in Safari I get nothing.
>
> I just realized that we have a ticket open on this ((NCL-1749), but 
> haven't looked into it.  I will try to elevate this and see if we can 
> find a solution.
>
> Meanwhile, I've attached a PDF of the instructions here.  I did this 
> by opening the file on my local machine without all the header 
> information. I believe it's that stuff that's causing the print problems.
>
> --Mary
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 1:26 PM, David B. Reusch <dreusch at ees.nmt.edu 
> <mailto:dreusch at ees.nmt.edu>> wrote:
>
>     I'm having trouble with a Cygwin install that I need for my student to
>     run NCL and was hoping to print the NCL page for "Installing and
>     running
>     NCL under Cygwin/X".  Unfortunately, neither of my Mac browsers
>     produces
>     a useful PDF:  it's a blank page in Safari and a truncated page in
>     Firefox (even on different OS X releases).  I almost never print NCL
>     pages so I don't know if they're all like this or I'm just being
>     really
>     unlucky with my browsers.  Regardless, what I'm really after is
>     the list
>     of required packages and was hoping someone else could check to see if
>     printing works.
>
>     I realize this isn't exactly an "install" question but I'm a bit
>     desperate at the moment (I'll eventually be able to check on my
>     Win7 PC
>     at home after work, though I don't know if it'll work there any
>     better).
>
>     Thanks!
>     Dave
>
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>     Dept of Earth and Environmental Science
>     MSEC 304; 801 Leroy Place
>     New Mexico Tech
>     Socorro, NM 87801
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New Mexico Tech
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