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titleStart up

You need to start Metview with the -desktop flag. At ECMWF the command to use is as follows:

metview4_new -desktop

Outside ECMWF you need to use your local metview command.

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titleThe home folder concept

Each Metview session defines a home folder (by default it is ~/metview). This folder is set as both the home and root folder for Desktop! This has two implications. First, the home folder icon

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in Desktop always refers to the Metview home folder (and not the UNIX home folder)! Second, we cannot directly access files outside this file system from within Desktop (but we need to use symbolic links for these files/folders).

 

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Notes for MetviewUI users

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