Re: Limit reached for number of simultaneous GKS Workstations

Jim,

   Ngl.destroy(wks)

should do what you want. The maximum number of open PostScript
workstations is fifteen.

Fred Clare

On Sep 1, 2006, at 5:11 PM, James Boyle wrote:

> It is not uncommon for me to be in a python session, producing many
> plots as I explore the data.
> I want to output a bunch of 'ps' plots, each with a unique name. To
> do this I have been opening a new workstation:
> wks = Ngl.open_wks(wks_type,name,wkres)
> in order to attach then name to the plot.
> BUT
> if I do this enough times I get the error below. It appears as
> there is a limit to the number of open workstations.
> Fair enough, but how do I reuse an old one, with a new name or how
> do I trash the old, and in with the new.
> I looked for a close_wks but it does not exist.
> Is there a better way to do this? Am I missing something?
>
> --Jim
>
>
> In [362]: plotNgl(titleCAM,lons,lats,uCAM-uERA,vCAM-vERA,pslCAM-
> psl,-10.,1.,20.,titleCAM)
> fatal:WorkstationInitialize: Limit reached for number of
> simultaneous GKS Workstations
> fatal:Unable to initialize layer-Can't Create
> fatal:NhlGetValues:PID #-4 is invalid
> CAM-OBS-tau-48_1992122500
> fatal:_NhlCreate:Invalid Parent id #-4
> fatal:Invalid plot ID=-4 passed to NhlGetBB
> fatal:NhlGetValues:PID #-4 is invalid
> fatal:PID #-4 can't be found in NhlSetValues
> Bus error
>
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