On 2017-03-21 07:01+0100 John AUSTIN wrote: > Hello, > > I've just discovered PLPLOT and am very impressed with the documented > features. > > I am interesed in getting it to work with the Silverfrost FTN95 FORTRAN > compiler and specifially with the CLEARWIN+ GUI capabilities within it , > more specifically within a %gr graphics window. > > Aft e r a quick perusal of the PLPLOT documentation I see:- > > a) for installation via MAKEFILE compilation there are no 'specific' > instructions for SF FTN95 (there are for other compilers) > b) in the section regarding 'output to interactive devices' the situation is > even less clear for a novice like myself in these matters. What is in fact > 'an interactive device' ? > c) in section 1.2.4 (Interactive Platforms) GDI driver compatability is > mentionedand I know FTN95 'supports' this , however I don't know if that in > itself is sufficient to guarantee it will work. > > At the end of the day I guess my question is "Will PLPLOT work in SF FTN95 > 'out of the box' ?" after following the basic install instructions or am I > likely to have some problems ? > Also , will it work for both 32bit and 64bit in FTN95 ? or maybe PLPLOT > needs to be 'compiled' in both for use in each case as necessary ? > > Has anyone had experience with getting it to work with SF FTN95 ?
Hi John: I had frankly not heard of that Fortran compiler (which I have now discovered is described in <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfrost_FTN95> and <http://www.silverfrost.com/default.aspx>). And I am uncertain about whether it is going to work because the PLplot build system is completely based on cmake, and google searches for cmake and ftn95 do show a few questions about that combination, but no answers. So since cmake is ubiquitous, I think that means you compiler choice is fairly non-standard. Therefore, I suggest you start small with a simple project to see how far you get. For example, try to follow the directions in cmake/test_fortran/README which configures and builds a simple test project (just a "hello world" library and test executable) using your Fortran compiler of choice (in this case ftn95). Note those directions are focussed on Linux at the moment. But on Windows platforms, I would modify the current cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/install_tree -DBUILD_TEST=ON .. make hello directions to cmake.exe -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/install_tree -DBUILD_TEST=ON .. nmake.exe hello (The cmake -G option allows you to choose a wide variety of CMake generators. In the above case, the chosen generator will configure nmake Makefiles so that the following "nmake.exe hello" command should "just work" on Windows for most Fortran compilers.) However, if with our help you cannot get that simple project to work with ftn95, then one alternative would be to ask on the cmake mailing list for help with ftn95 and cmake. But the answer may be that cmake currently does not support ftn95. In which case I would strongly suggest you try a more standard fortran compiler such as ifort. For example, we know ifort works fine with PLplot (and presumbably also works fine with the above simple project). Good luck, and let us know how it goes with that simple project first. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Plplot-general mailing list Plplot-general@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-general
