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A11.2.2 Procedures (continued)

idl/etc/swoops

BAMPLOT

Plot SWOOPS CDF data.

idl/genplot

ADD_STACK

Add the current plot transform to the stack.

ADD_STACK timeplot "NEW"

ARCHIVE_MENU

Select archive type from menu.

ARCHIVE_EVENT event
ARCHIVE_MENU "GROUP"

BACK_MENU

Widget interface to set backgrounds.

BG_SUBUNIT base label labela labelb "UV1" "UV2" "V1" "V2"
BACK_EVENT event
BACK_MENU "GROUP"

BACK_THR_MENU

BACK_THR_EVENT event
BACK_THR_MENU "GROUP"

CLOSE_PLOT

Closes plot device, in a sensible way and offers chance to plot hardcopy.

CLOSE_PLOT

COLOUR_MENU

Widget based colour editor for IDL_HS.

COLOUR_EVENT event
COLOUR_MENU GROUP

COMPARE_TIMES

Compare two times given in the form y, d, h, m, (s). Making the comparison mod 100 for the year, and in such a way as to avoid problems with leap years.

COMPARE_TIMES t1 t2

COMPARE_VERSION

Compares the version number of the file with that of the initial file, or stores the information for the first file.

COMPARE_VERSION hds first

CONT_PROMPT

A prompt to continue, or quit in suitable mode.

CONT_EVENT event
CONT_PROMPT

CONV\TIME\_STR

Convert a time string into a 4 (or 5) element time array.

CONV_TIME_STR st "SECONDS"

CURSOR_WITHIN

Select the plot transform, within whose region the cursor lies.

CURSOR_WITHIN x y

DF_PAL_COL

Loads a colour table from an HDF style palette (i.e., RGBRGB....), or from 3 separate arrays of red, green & blue.

DF_PAL_COL a1 a2 a3 a4 "WHITE"

DIR_MENU

Choose the directories to be used (a) to read the data and (b) to put any hard copy plots.

DIR_EVENT event
DIR_MENU "GROUP" "MODAL"

DISPLAY_LANFILE

Display fields from an HSIO file.

DISP_TAGS
DSP_RD_RECORD
FIELD_DISPL
LANF_EVENT event
DISPLAY_LANFILE "GROUP"

EXPAND_COMMAND

Expand/compress the filename in a plot spooling command.

EXPAND_COMMAND com "COMPRESS"

FIND_MATCHES

Find files matching the specified pattern, including compressed & incomplete versions as appropriate.

FIND_MATCHES pattern

FORM_FNAME

Forms a full filename from a name and a directory.

FORM_FNAME name dir

FRILLS

Control whether to put overall headers on plots.

FRILLS ON OFF

G_ALL_MENU

Widget interface for GET_ALL/OPTIONS.

G_ALL_EVENT event
G_ALL_MENU "GROUP" "OPTIONS"

GET_ALL

Restores the complete PLOT_RATES and PLOT_CDF environment as saved by SAVE_ALL.

GET_ALL file "VERBOSE"

GET_LAN_RECORD

Read the next record from a HISCALE data file, opening a new file if needed.

GET_LAN_RECORD hds dds tzero icontinue "MFSS" "ONLY" "PHA" "PSUM" "TRK"

GET_OPTIONS

Restores the defined variables from the setting common blocks for PLOT_RATES and PLOT_CDF.

GET_OPTIONS file "VERBOSE"

HDF_BG

Get background action for Greyscale display of HDF file.

HDFBG_EVENT event
HDF_BG file im_min

HS_ERR_MSG

Display an error message, in a suitable manner.

HS_ERR_EVENT event
HS_ERR_MSG message "NOSTAR"

HS_ERRPLOT

Overplot error bars over a previously drawn plot.

HS_ERRPLOT x low high "HORIZONTAL"

HS_HELP

Provides on line documentation on the use of the HISCALE software and the IDL user libraries.

HS_HELP routine "CHANGES"

HS_HELP_MENU

Make and process a widget interface for HS_HELP.

HELP_EVENT event
HS_HELP_MENU "GROUP"

LOGTICKS

Return a set of ticks to produce decade logarithmic plots at all times.

LOGTICKS range ticks tickv

MAKE_FNAME

Produce the filename of a LAN archive file given the year and the day.

MAKE_FNAME year day oldname "BACKWARDS" "CDFDATA" "CDFMAG"  "FILE_TIME" "MFSS" "PHA" "PSUM" "TRK" "UDS"

MARKPOS

Mark one or more positions on a single plot.

MARKPOS date rate ipanel

MATCH_NAMES

Matches a specified name to list of available names, with due priorities for compressed, incomplete and QEDR files.

MATCH_NAMES wanted

MISMATCH

Set the action to be taken on finding a file version mismatch while reading data.

MISMATCH "ABORT" "CONTINUE" "IGNORE" "PROMPT" "TRUNCATE"

MISMATCH_MENU

MISMATCH_EVENT event
MISMATCH_MENU "GROUP"

MK_FN_MENU

Widget interface for manual file selection.

MK_FN_EVENT event
MK_FN_MENU p1 p2 p3 p4

MK_PLNAME

Make a suitable filename for a plot to a given device.

MK_PLNAME device

PLCL_MENU

Menu interface for CLOSE_PLOT

PLCL_EVENT event
PLCL_MENU "GROUP"

PLOPEN

Selects plot device, and if 'tek' then waits for terminal to be switched into TEK mode. Allows choice of background colour and for hardcopy devices orientation and filename.

PLOPEN device filename "AUTO_CHARS" "BACKGROUND" "BIG_CHARS" "COLOUR" "LANDSCAPE" "LITTLE_CHARS" "PAGE" "PORTRAIT" "SET" "TEX" "WINDOW" "WNUMBER"

PLOT_MENU

Selects plot device, via a widget interface.

PLOT_EVENT event
PLOT_MENU "GROUP" "MODAL"

PLOTSET

Sets up the device according to the choices made in PLOPEN. Sets suitable colour table for line plots (PGPLOT default table).

PLOTSET "NOWINDOW"

READ_SCALE_WID

Read a scaling limit from a text widget.

READ_SCALE_WID wid have_value ABSTIME LOWER UPPER

REGION_MENU

Set plotting region.

REGION_EVENT event
REGION_MENU "GROUP"

S_ALL_MENU

Widget interface for SAVE_ALL/OPTIONS.

S_ALL_EVENT event
S_ALL_MENU "GROUP" "OPTIONS"

S_HDF_MENU

Widget interface for SHOW_HDF.

S_HDF_EVENT event
S_HDF_MENU "GROUP"

S_PLOT_MENU

Widget interface for SAVE_PLOT.

S_PLOT_EVENT event
S_PLOT_MENU "GROUP"

SAVE_ALL

Save complete PLOT_RATES and PLOT_CDF environment, so that it can be restored later by using GET_ALL.

SAVE_ALL file "VERBOSE" "XDR"

SAVE_OPTIONS

Saves the defined variables from the setting common blocks for PLOT_RATES and PLOT_CDF.

SAVE_OPTIONS file "VERBOSE" "XDR"

SAVE_PLOT

SAVE_PLOT file "CURSOR" GIF

SET_ARCHIVE

Select whether to plot from the raw ULA archive files or from the averaged UAV files.

SET_ARCHIVE prefix suffix "CMP1D" "CMP6H" "COMPRESSED" "CUAF" "DAYS" "DURATION" "HOURS" "MINUTES" "RESOLUTION" "SECOND" "SPARSE" "UAF" "UAV" "ULA" "USER_DEFINED"

SET_BACK

Modify the instrument background levels.

SET_BACK "CA60" "CHANGEOVER" "LEFS150" "LEFS60" "LEMS120" "LEMS30" "POST_SWITCH" "PRE_SWITCH" "RESTORE" "SINGLES" "WARTB"

SET_BG_THRESH

Set cut off level for background subtracted plots.

SET_BG_THRESH thresh

SET_DIR

Choose the directories to be used (a) to read the data and (b) to put any hard copy plots.

SET_DIR data_dir "PLOT_DIR"

SET_REGION

Sets a region to plot. The region is defined in Normalized coordinates and is used to define a reduced region for rates plots. This is designed as a "stand-alone" procedure to be called prior to running MFSA_RATES.

SET_REGION x1 y1 x2 y2

SHOW_HDF

Display the image or images in an HDF file (called by show_hdf)

SHOW_HDF file "PROGRAM"

SQPAGE

Find best approximation to a square page for a given # of plots.

SQPAGE nplots cdef rdef

TIME

Select start and stop times for plotting data.

TIME start_time stop_time

TIME_MENU

Select start and stop times for plotting data.

TIME_EVENT event
TIME_MENU "GROUP"

VERSION_MM

Widget interface for the version mismatch action.

VERS_EVENT event
VERSION_MM message

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Updated 11/19/02, T. Hunt-Ward