Wavescan Ignoring Environment Variables

Hello,

Does anybody know why Wavescan ignores envSetVal commands? If I query
an environment variable using envGetVal, it will show up as the value
that I just set, but then the plot will still just use the default
values.

Thanks,
Jake

 

Jake wrote, on 07/23/10 23:16:

Jake,

Two reasons:

1. wavescan is a separate process, and so not everything will be passed across
the interface from DFII. wavescan will read the .cdsenv itself, so .cdsenv
settings will usually have an influence. If you call envSetVal() in the CIW, all
it affects is DFII itself, not the separate wavescan process
2. Some things are overridden by ADE, if plotting from ADE. For example colours,
line styles, thicknesses and so on.

Regards,

Andrew.

 

Hi Andrew,

Thank you for the insight, as usual.

I'm actually starting up the tool from OCEAN via a terminal. Am I to
take it that Wavescan also ignores the environment settings that are
set from the OCEAN session? Where do you suggest is the best place to
set these values?

Thanks,
Jake

 

Jake wrote, on 07/26/10 14:50:

Jake,

In ~/.cdsenv

Or you could put them in ./.cdsenv and then use:

setenv CDS_LOAD_ENV addCWD

Running "ocean" from a terminal is essentially the same as running "icfb" in
that it is the main DFII executable, and wavescan (the graph part) is a separate
process.

Regards,

Andrew.

 

Hi Andrew,

I have tried that, but to no avail. A statement such as:

wavescan.graph majorForeground string "green"

placed in ~/.cdsenv is also ignored, with no warnings or messages
anywhere stating why.

Thanks,
Jake

 

Hi,

I haven't used wavescan but perhaps you can check your local directory
where you are starting the tools - is there a .cdsenv file there
already (i.e. ./.cdsenv)?
It might be overriding the .cdsenv in your home directory (i.e.
~/.cdsenv) .
These things seem trivial but sometimes that's just what's happening.

Best regards,
I-FAB

 

Jake wrote, on 07/27/10 20:25:

Hi Jake,

The problem is probably because of your color scheme setting. In wavescan, go to
Frame->Color Schemes and select "Default".

There's no cdsenv for Color Scheme, but it is persistent. So if you quit
wavescan and restart, it should remain in the "Default" color scheme (this is
stored in ~/.ws_state).

If you have a different color scheme selected, that overrides various colour
settings, including the majorForeground setting you have set above.

I tried this, and I was successfully able to set the majorForeground grid to
green or any other color I chose.

Regards,

Andrew.

 

Andrew,

Awesome, that suits my needs!

Thanks,
Jake