<!--Copyright (C) 1988-2005 by the Institute of Global Environment and Society (IGES). See file COPYRIGHT for more information.--> <html> <title>GrADS Utilities: gxtran</title> <body> <h2><a name="gxtran">gxtran</a></h2> <code>gxtran [ -<i>airg <infile></i> ]</code> <p> This utility is used to display GrADS meta files containing single frames or animations (multi frames). <p> The options are: <ul> <code>-i <i>fname</i>  </code> identifies input GrADS metacode file <br> <code>-a  </code> animates the frames without user hitting return in the command window<br> <code>-r  </code> reverses background/foreground colors<br> <code>-g <i>geom</i>  </code> sets the geometry of the X window as in any other X application. <br> <code> </code> <code><i>geom</i></code> has the form WWWxHHH+X+Y, giving a display window<br> <code> </code> WWW pixels wide and HHH pixels tall starting at point X,Y on the screen.<br> </ul> <p> <b>Usage Notes</b> <p> Without any options, <code>gxtran</code> prompts the user for the name of the GrADS meta file. To quit </code>gxtran</code>, hit return in the command window. <p> <b>Examples</b> <p> <code>gxtran -a -g 800x600+0 -i mytest.mf</code> <p> This command would open a window of size 800x600 starting at the upper left corner of the screen and animate all frames (plots) in the file <code>mytest.mf</code>. </body> </html>