Re: [ferret_users] simultaneous GIF and postscript

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi John,
The graphics that Ferret uses prevents us having more than one mode in a 
session (other than when running interactively, as you say). The 
graphics can open a graphics "workstation" of a given type on startup 
and is then we stay in that mode for the duration of the session. How 
about creating postscript files in batch mode and then using an external 
program to convert that to gif images?

Ansley

John Donners wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I generate plots with ferret that are then served to a website.
> Usually I make GIF plots (with ferret -gif), because of their size. 
> Sometimes
> I also make postscript plots (with ferret -batch), e.g. for 
> publication purposes.
> I would like to generate both a postscript and a GIF at the same time 
> in one ferret
> session, without having to repeat the calculation. However, ferret 
> only allows to
> generate either GIF or postscript at a time. When I use 'ferret 
> -unmapped', I get
> a good postscript, but a completely black GIF file. It is possible to 
> do this interactively
> with  visible X11 windows (the normal way), however not on a webserver.
> Ideas are welcome.
>
> Cheers,
> John