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A utility tab is provided in the meteorology, trajectory, and concentration menu's that will convert the Postscript graphic to another format. The menu shows the name of the last Postscript file that was created. If that is not the file desired, it should be replaced with the appropriate file name. All output files are assumed to reside in the \working directory and therefore a file from any menu can be converted from any of the conversion menu tabs. The file suffix represents the conversion format.

The conversion process uses Ghostscript to read the Postscript file and ImageMagick to convert that file to a variety of other supported graphical formats. These programs can be stand-alone, but they have been linked with the Tcl/Tk GUI menu. Conversion to GIF is the default. Proper installation of all the previously mentioned 3rd party software is critical in the correct operation of the conversion process. This software is included with the HYSPLIT trial version but not with the registered installation executable. Links to these programs are also available through the HYSPLIT utilities web page.

Depending upon the installation directories of Ghostscript and ImageMagick , for the proper operation of the conversion within the GUI, it may be necessary to edit the upper-level Tcl/Tk file ..\guicode\hysplit4.tcl to point to the correct directories. In more recent versions of the GUI, the directory pointers can be edited from the "Advanced-Configuration-Directories" menu tab. Various versions of these programs will install to different directory names. For instance the lines that might require editing would be similar to the following:



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