[ncl-talk] Tick mark size in contour plots

[Jim Means]

Mary, that's an excellent tip--I'm always perpetually confused about 
where to find information on resources too, and didn't realize that a 
list like that existed.

I'll try that myself next time I have questions.

Jim

On 4/29/2015 11:57 AM, Mary Haley wrote:
> Hi Gabriele,
>
> First, a quick tip: if an NCL graphical resource is not behaving as 
> expected, then you can search for all of the application examples that 
> use that resource by going to the applications page:
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/
>
> Click on the word "resources" in the sentence at the top:
>
> [List of tips 
> <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/concepts_list.shtml>, resources 
> <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/res_list.shtml>, 
> functions/procedures 
> <http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/func_list.shtml> and the example 
> scripts they appear in.]
>
> Wait for the page to load, and you will get a giant alphabetical list 
> of resources and all the examples they appear in.
>
> Here's a direct link:
>
> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/res_list.shtml#tmXBLabelFontHeightF
>
> Back to your problem:
>
> When you get a message about "yyyyy is not not a resource in xxxx at 
> this time", then you first do two things:
>
>  1. Double-check that you've spelled the resource name correctly.
>
>  2. Make sure you're applying it to a function that recognizes it. For
>     example, you can't set "xyLineColor" when calling gsn_csm_contour.
>
> In your case, it seems like you are spelling it correctly, and 
> gsn_csm_contour should accept both of those resources, so there must 
> be something else going on.
>
> Can you try the attached script to make sure it works? Also, can you 
> provide your script?
>
> --Mary
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:56 AM, Gabriele Arduini 
> <gabriele.arduini at legi.grenoble-inp.fr 
> <mailto:gabriele.arduini at legi.grenoble-inp.fr>> wrote:
>
>     Dear ncl-talk users,
>
>     I have a problem to set the size of the tick marks in my contours
>     plot.
>     Looking on the resources page on the website, I am trying to use the
>     following resources::
>
>     tmYLLabelFontHeightF , tmXBLabelFontHeightF
>
>     but I receive back the message during the execution:
>     warning:tmXBLabelFontHeightF is not a valid resource in
>     cr_sect_3x_thyadv_vect_av_300_contour.PlotManager at this time
>     warning:tmYLLabelFontHeightF is not a valid resource in
>     cr_sect_3x_thyadv_vect_av_300_contour.PlotManager at this time
>
>     The contour function I am using is the ** gsn_csm_contour **.
>     Should I use different resources to set the tick mark size in contour
>     plots?
>
>     Thank you in advance for the help.
>
>     Regards,
>     Gabriele Arduini
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