[FLASH-USERS] Using FLASH with GDL

[Anthony Scopatz]

I'd like to second John opinion!

Be Well
Anthony

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:42 AM, John ZuHone <
jzuhone at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov> wrote:

> Amol,
>
> I am not sure why it does not work with GDL, but I encourage you to check
> out the yt project, which is an analysis toolset for AMR data such as
> FLASH. It is Python-based and much more powerful and straightforward to use
> than the fidlr tools.
>
> http://yt-project.org
>
> I know it may require learning some Python, but in the long run it is very
> much worth it. There's lots of documentation on how to do some basic things
> and it handles FLASH data very well.
>
> Best,
>
> John ZuHone
>
> On Jun 28, 2012, at 4:39 AM, Amol Holkundkar wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am just wondering if we can use FLASH with open source alternative of
> > IDL called GDL
> > (GNU Data Language http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/ )
> >
> > I tried to compile the code using GDL, it complied but while running its
> > giving following error,
> >
> > /*********************************************************************/
> >
> > $ XFLASH3_DIR="/home/amol/Documents/FLASH/FLASH4-beta/tools/fidlr3.0"
> > $ export XFLASH3_DIR
> > $ gdl
> >
> > GDL> .run xflash3.pro
> > % Compiled module: XFLASH_EVENT.
> > % Compiled module: XFLASH3.
> > GDL> xflash3
> > initializing xflash3
> > ... IDL version = 6.0
> > ... PNG graphics will be used
> > % Compiled module: GET_XFLASH_PATH.
> > ... current path
> > is /home/amol/Documents/FLASH/FLASH4-beta/tools/fidlr3.0
> > ... XFLASH_DIR is /home/amol/Documents/FLASH/FLASH4-beta/tools/fidlr3.0/
> > % Compiled module: XFLASH_DEFAULTS.
> > % Compiled module: VAR_INDEX.
> > Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> > /*********************************************************************/
> >
> > I think the error is coming because of the stuff in "var_index.pro"
> >
> > Any suggestions to resolve this issue.
> >
> > It would be nice if we can compile the FLASH using GDL which is
> > completely free and open source.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Regards
> > Amol Holkundkar
> >
>
>
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