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{{Package
 
{{Package
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|name=ncl.el
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|name=ncl-mode
 
|description=ncl-mode for editing NCL files.
 
|description=ncl-mode for editing NCL files.
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|maintainer= ncl folks (forked version by Yagnesh)
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|maintainer=Yagnesh
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|source=http://github.com/yyr/ncl.el
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|source=http://github.com/yyr/ncl-mode
 
|in_emacs=no
 
|in_emacs=no
 
|Development status=active
 
|Development status=active
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|website=http://github.com/yyr/ncl.el
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|website=http://github.com/yyr/ncl-mode
 
}}
 
}}
  
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'''NCL''' (NCAR Command Language) is popular language in Earth science
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'''NCL''' (NCAR Command Language) is a popular language in the field of Earth science. It processes and displays scientific data efficiently.
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to display scientific data.
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.
  
 
==ncl-mode==
 
==ncl-mode==
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'''NOTE:''' There are two version of ncl.el. One is the official
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'''NOTE:''' There are two version of ncl.el. One is the
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[http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/Files/ncl.el official ]
 
version by NCL folks which contains only ncl.el. The forked version
 
version by NCL folks which contains only ncl.el. The forked version
 
contains few fixes to ncl.el and and ncl-doc el and other goodies to
 
contains few fixes to ncl.el and and ncl-doc el and other goodies to
 
be used by other Emacs packages   
 
be used by other Emacs packages   
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=== Basic Setup ===
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To activate ncl-mode automatically for all files with an
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[[file extension | extension ]] ".ncl" add add  the following your [[.emacs]]
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<syntaxhighlight lang="lisp">
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(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\.ncl$" . ncl-mode) auto-mode-alist))
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(autoload 'ncl-mode "~/bin/ncl.el") 
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
==ncl-doc-mode ==
 
==ncl-doc-mode ==
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[[File:Ncl-doc-usage.png|300px|thumb|right|screen shot shows the ncl-doc-mode in actions]]
 
'''ncl-doc''' minor mode helps you read NCL documentation from UCAR website
 
'''ncl-doc''' minor mode helps you read NCL documentation from UCAR website
  
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(require 'ncl-doc)
 
(require 'ncl-doc)
 
(add-hook 'ncl-mode-hook
 
(add-hook 'ncl-mode-hook
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  (lambda ()
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(lambda ()
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    (ncl-doc-minor-mode 1)))
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(ncl-doc-minor-mode 1)))
  
 
</syntaxhighlight>
 
</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
=== Usage ===
 
=== Usage ===
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M-x ncl-doc-query-at-point ( C-c C-s )
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; {{CommandKeys|C-c C-s| ncl-doc-query-at-point}}
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  This function does few things.
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:This function does few things.
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    1) It prompts for a string/keyword and collects a given string
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::1) It prompts for a string/keyword and collects a given string
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    2) It tries to find a URL for the given string
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::2) It tries to find a URL for the given string
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        + if it finds URL for the string call the browser to open that URL
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::: + if it finds URL for the string call the browser to open that URL
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        + If no URL is found, then goes on to search for the given
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::: + If no URL is found, then goes on to search for the given string.
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          string.
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::: + Displays all search matches in separate buffer category wise. In that buffer RET in any search match will call browser for take you to that page.
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        + Displays all search matches in separate buffer category wise.
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::: + If no matches found for a given string it leaves you there
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          In that buffer RET in any search match will call browser for
 
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          take you to that page.
 
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        + If no matches found for a given string it leaves you there
 
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M-x ncl-doc-query-open  ( C-c C-o )
 
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    Use this function you lets you choose from the all keywords ncl-doc
 
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    has in its database and takes you to that page.
 
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; {{CommandKeys|C-c C-o| ncl-doc-query-open}}
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: Use this function you lets you choose from the all keywords ncl-doc has in its database and takes you to that page.
  
 
[[Category:Programming languages]][[Category:Sciences]]
 
[[Category:Programming languages]][[Category:Sciences]]

Latest revision as of 05:53, 29 December 2013

ncl-mode
Description ncl-mode for editing NCL files.
Author name of author
Maintainer Yagnesh
Source http://github.com/yyr/ncl-mode
Part of Emacs no

NCL (NCAR Command Language) is a popular language in the field of Earth science. It processes and displays scientific data efficiently. .

ncl-mode

NOTE: There are two version of ncl.el. One is the official version by NCL folks which contains only ncl.el. The forked version contains few fixes to ncl.el and and ncl-doc el and other goodies to be used by other Emacs packages

Basic Setup

To activate ncl-mode automatically for all files with an extension ".ncl" add add the following your .emacs 

(setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\.ncl$" . ncl-mode) auto-mode-alist))
(autoload 'ncl-mode "~/bin/ncl.el")

ncl-doc-mode

screen shot shows the ncl-doc-mode in actions

ncl-doc minor mode helps you read NCL documentation from UCAR website

Basic Setup

to start ncl-doc-mode for each ncl buffer add the following your .emacs 

(require 'ncl-doc)
(add-hook 'ncl-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(ncl-doc-minor-mode 1)))

Usage

[C-c C-s] (or M-x ncl-doc-query-at-point)
This function does few things.
1) It prompts for a string/keyword and collects a given string
2) It tries to find a URL for the given string
+ if it finds URL for the string call the browser to open that URL
+ If no URL is found, then goes on to search for the given string.
+ Displays all search matches in separate buffer category wise. In that buffer RET in any search match will call browser for take you to that page.
+ If no matches found for a given string it leaves you there
[C-c C-o] (or M-x ncl-doc-query-open)
Use this function you lets you choose from the all keywords ncl-doc has in its database and takes you to that page.
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