diff --git a/data/voacapgui.desktop.in b/data/voacapgui.desktop.in index 3237a87..175d7d8 100644 --- a/data/voacapgui.desktop.in +++ b/data/voacapgui.desktop.in @@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Type=Application Exec=voacapgui Name=voacapgui Categories=Science;HamRadio +Keywords=amateur;ham;hf;prediction;plot;radio;voacap; Icon=@PACKAGE@ diff --git a/man/voa3DPlot.1 b/man/voa3DPlot.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1336eea --- /dev/null +++ b/man/voa3DPlot.1 @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +.TH voa3DPlot 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals" +.SH NAME +voa3DPlot \- Plot the contents of VOACAP output files in a 3D format +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B voa3DPlot [options] file +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B voa3DPlot +A python script used to graphically display the contents of output files produced by VOACAP. +.SH OPTIONS +.IP --version +Shows program version number and exit. +.IP "-h, --help" +Shows a help message and exit. +.IP "-b band, --band=band" +Displays a band plan indicated by 'band', an integer value from 1 to 3 (1:SWL, 2:UK AMATEUR BANDS and 3:KSA AMATEUR BANDS). +.IP "-f max_frequency, --freqmax=max_frequency" +Specifies the maximum frequency (MHz) to display on the Y axis. +.IP "-g group, --group=group" +Specifies the group(s) within a file containing multiple groups to plot. Multiple groups must be separated by commas, e.g. '-g 1,3,4' (default = 1). +.IP "-l 'label', --label='label'" +Specifies the text label to be printed as a main title at the top of the plot. +.IP "-m colourmap, --cmap=colourmap" +Specifies the colourmap to use. Supported colour maps are 'autumn', 'bone', 'cool', 'copper',', 'hot', 'hsv', 'jet', 'pink', 'spring', 'summer', 'winter' (default = 'jet'). +.IP "-o outputfile, --outfile=outputfile" +Used to specify an output file to save the plot to. +.IP "-q, --quiet" +Process quietly, don't produce a graph on the screen. This only makes sense when used in conjunction with the -o option. +.IP "-t type, --datatype=type" +Specifies the type of image to plot. Supported image types are 0:None 1:MUFday 2:REL 3:SNR 4:S DBW (default = 1). +.IP "-z timezone, --timezone=timezone" +Specifies the timezone to shift the plots to. +.SH AUTHORS +This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) . + +This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari +for the Debian Project (but may be used by others). diff --git a/man/voaAreaPlot.1 b/man/voaAreaPlot.1 index 8ddcfde..eb8c76a 100644 --- a/man/voaAreaPlot.1 +++ b/man/voaAreaPlot.1 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ POI_FILE is a text file with points of interest to plot on the map. The file is .IP "-p PROJECTION, --projection=PROJECTION" PROJECTION specifies the map projection. Valid values are 'cyl' (Equidistant Cylindrical), 'mill' (Miller Cylindrical), gall' (Gall Stereographic), -'robin' (Robinson), 'vandg' (van der Grinten), 'sinu' (Sinusoidal), 'mbtfpq' +\(aqrobin' (Robinson), 'vandg' (van der Grinten), 'sinu' (Sinusoidal), 'mbtfpq' (McBryde-Thomas Flat Polar Quartic), 'eck4' (Eckert IV), 'kav7' (Kavrayskiy VII), 'moll' (Mollweide), 'hammer' (Hammer). .IP "-r RESOLUTION, --resolution=RESOLUTION" diff --git a/man/voaAreaPlotgui.1 b/man/voaAreaPlotgui.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..88d07d6 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/voaAreaPlotgui.1 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +.TH voaAreaPlotgui 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals" +.SH NAME +voaAreaPlotgui \- Graphical frontend to the voaAreaPlot application +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B voaAreaPlotgui file +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B voaAreaPlotgui +is a graphical user interface to the voaAreaPlot application. It plots the file contents according to the parameters set on the user interface. +.SH AUTHORS +This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) . + +This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari +for the Debian Project (but may be used by others). diff --git a/man/voaP2PPlotgui.1 b/man/voaP2PPlotgui.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..457a6a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/voaP2PPlotgui.1 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +.TH voaP2PPlotgui 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals" +.SH NAME +voaP2PPlotgui \- Graphical frontend to the voaP2PPlot application +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B voaP2PPlotgui file +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B voaP2PPlotgui +is a graphical user interface to the voaP2PPlot application. It plots the file contents according to the parameters set on the user interface. +.SH AUTHORS +This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) . + +This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari +for the Debian Project (but may be used by others). diff --git a/man/voacapgui.1 b/man/voacapgui.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..31b12eb --- /dev/null +++ b/man/voacapgui.1 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +.TH voacapgui 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals" +.SH NAME +voacapgui \- An input GUI for voacapl +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B voacapgui +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B voacapgui +is a graphical user interface frontend for \fBvoacapl\fP. It generates voacap input files from user input data and plots the resulting predictions. +.SH AUTHORS +This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) . + +This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari +for the Debian Project (but may be used by others). diff --git a/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py b/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py index a0bd789..01f5d86 100644 --- a/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py +++ b/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py @@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ class VOAAreaPlot: self.datadir = datadir + # set backend during initialization to avoid switching error + matplotlib.use('GTK3Agg') + try: plot_parameters = VOAFile((in_file)) plot_parameters.parse_file() @@ -146,7 +149,10 @@ class VOAAreaPlot: # sys.exit(1) portland = ListedColormap(["#0C3383", "#0b599b","#0a7fb4","#57a18f","#bec255","#f2c438","#f2a638","#ef8235","#e4502a","#d91e1e"]) - plt.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland) + try: + plt.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland) + except ValueError: + print("Portland colormap is already registered") colMap = color_map projection = ccrs.PlateCarree() diff --git a/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py b/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py index faf87e6..7255667 100644 --- a/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py +++ b/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py @@ -136,8 +136,15 @@ class VOAP2PPlot: self.image_defs = self.IMG_TYPE_DICT[self.data_type] self.user_bands = user_bands + + # set backend during initialization to avoid switching error + matplotlib.use('GTK3Agg') + portland = ListedColormap(["#0C3383", "#0b599b","#0a7fb4","#57a18f","#bec255","#f2c438","#f2a638","#ef8235","#e4502a","#d91e1e"]) - matplotlib.cm.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland) + try: + matplotlib.cm.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland) + except ValueError: + print("Portland colormap is already registered") if plot_groups[0]=='a': num_grp = self.df.get_number_of_groups()