Hi Mar,
are you using your own compiled version of CCP4? Or pre-compiled
binaries? Maybe there is some 32/64-bit issue at play here ... I would
expect your own compiled (on that machine) binaries to work
best/correclty. But I'm just guessing ...
Cheers
Clemens
On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 05:25:09PM +0200, Mark J van Raaij wrote:
> Dear Clemens, All,
>
> when trying to open the .plt files I get "Bad plot84 file format" ... anyone
> has observed this and found a solution?
> xplot84driver is installed ("which xplot84driver" gives
> "/usr/local/ccp4-6.1.3/bin/xplot84driver") and the files appear ok, because I
> can convert them correctly to .ps with "pltdev" and view them correctly.
> I am using MacOSX 10.6.7, CCP4 6.1.3 (didn't try updating yet, because it is
> a relatively small problem).
>
> Greetings,
>
> Mark J van Raaij
> Laboratorio M-4
> Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas
> Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC
> c/Darwin 3, Campus Cantoblanco
> E-28049 Madrid, Spain
> tel. (+34) 91 585 4616
> http://www.cnb.csic.es/content/research/macromolecular/mvraaij
>
>
>
>
> On 17 Jun 2011, at 19:50, Clemens Vonrhein wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 06:25:14PM +0100, Ian Tickle wrote:
> >> Hi, the '.plt' files are in an internal CCP4 format & cannot be visualised
> >> directly. You have to convert them first to PostScript (.ps) format using
> >> the 'pltdev' program; then you can visualise them with ghostscript (or any
> >> other PS viewer).
> >
> > Or you can view them directly with the 'xplot84driver' program which
> > comes as part of CCP4?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Clemens
> >
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