The file format is definitely machine byte order dependent. (see
$CDOC/plot84.doc) A few years ago I was toying with the idea of making
library code deal with swapping if need be...
Never did it though....
William Scott wrote:
> Did you make your plt file on the intel mac? I've noticed that ones I made on ppc give that error on my otherwise functional xplot84driver (in the fink package).
>
> I tried byte-swapping with dd but to no avail.
>
> I guess this is still the cutting edge of 1984 software?
>
> Bill
>
> On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:02:01 +0200
> Derek Logan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've installed CCP4 on an Intel Mac running Mac OS X 10.4.10 using
> the binary installer from the automatic download page. Everything
> works fine and dandy except xplot84driver. This currently means I
> have to convert every plot file on the command line using pltdev then
> use Preview to view the PS as PDF, rather than just using the CCP4i
> pulldown menu.
>
> Initially xplot84driver complains that libifcore.dylib is missing.
> This appears to be an Intel compiler-specific library which I just
> happen to have in /opt/intel/fc/9.1.024/lib, as I once evaluated the
> beta release of the compiler. If I copy this to $CCPLIB or link from
> there to it, it complains that it doesn't have libifm.dylib, which in
> turn complains that it doesn't have libirc.dylib. Finally when all
> these libraries are linked to and loaded, xplot84driver complains
> about "Bad plot84 file format" and does not open the plot file. Does
> anyone have an idea what is going on?
>
> Thanks
> Derek
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