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diff --git a/data/voacapgui.desktop.in b/data/voacapgui.desktop.in
index 3237a87..175d7d8 100644
--- a/data/voacapgui.desktop.in
+++ b/data/voacapgui.desktop.in
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ Type=Application
Exec=voacapgui
Name=voacapgui
Categories=Science;HamRadio
+Keywords=amateur;ham;hf;prediction;plot;radio;voacap;
Icon=@PACKAGE@
diff --git a/man/voa3DPlot.1 b/man/voa3DPlot.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1336eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/voa3DPlot.1
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.TH voa3DPlot 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals"
+.SH NAME
+voa3DPlot \- Plot the contents of VOACAP output files in a 3D format
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B voa3DPlot [options] file
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B voa3DPlot
+A python script used to graphically display the contents of output files produced by VOACAP.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.IP --version
+Shows program version number and exit.
+.IP "-h, --help"
+Shows a help message and exit.
+.IP "-b band, --band=band"
+Displays a band plan indicated by 'band', an integer value from 1 to 3 (1:SWL, 2:UK AMATEUR BANDS and 3:KSA AMATEUR BANDS).
+.IP "-f max_frequency, --freqmax=max_frequency"
+Specifies the maximum frequency (MHz) to display on the Y axis.
+.IP "-g group, --group=group"
+Specifies the group(s) within a file containing multiple groups to plot. Multiple groups must be separated by commas, e.g. '-g 1,3,4' (default = 1).
+.IP "-l 'label', --label='label'"
+Specifies the text label to be printed as a main title at the top of the plot.
+.IP "-m colourmap, --cmap=colourmap"
+Specifies the colourmap to use. Supported colour maps are 'autumn', 'bone', 'cool', 'copper',', 'hot', 'hsv', 'jet', 'pink', 'spring', 'summer', 'winter' (default = 'jet').
+.IP "-o outputfile, --outfile=outputfile"
+Used to specify an output file to save the plot to.
+.IP "-q, --quiet"
+Process quietly, don't produce a graph on the screen. This only makes sense when used in conjunction with the -o option.
+.IP "-t type, --datatype=type"
+Specifies the type of image to plot. Supported image types are 0:None 1:MUFday 2:REL 3:SNR 4:S DBW (default = 1).
+.IP "-z timezone, --timezone=timezone"
+Specifies the timezone to shift the plots to.
+.SH AUTHORS
+This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) <jimwatson at mac dot com>.
+
+This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari <polverari@debian.org>
+for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/man/voaAreaPlot.1 b/man/voaAreaPlot.1
index 8ddcfde..eb8c76a 100644
--- a/man/voaAreaPlot.1
+++ b/man/voaAreaPlot.1
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ POI_FILE is a text file with points of interest to plot on the map. The file is
.IP "-p PROJECTION, --projection=PROJECTION"
PROJECTION specifies the map projection. Valid values are 'cyl' (Equidistant
Cylindrical), 'mill' (Miller Cylindrical), gall' (Gall Stereographic),
-'robin' (Robinson), 'vandg' (van der Grinten), 'sinu' (Sinusoidal), 'mbtfpq'
+\(aqrobin' (Robinson), 'vandg' (van der Grinten), 'sinu' (Sinusoidal), 'mbtfpq'
(McBryde-Thomas Flat Polar Quartic), 'eck4' (Eckert IV), 'kav7' (Kavrayskiy
VII), 'moll' (Mollweide), 'hammer' (Hammer).
.IP "-r RESOLUTION, --resolution=RESOLUTION"
diff --git a/man/voaAreaPlotgui.1 b/man/voaAreaPlotgui.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88d07d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/voaAreaPlotgui.1
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.TH voaAreaPlotgui 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals"
+.SH NAME
+voaAreaPlotgui \- Graphical frontend to the voaAreaPlot application
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B voaAreaPlotgui file
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B voaAreaPlotgui
+is a graphical user interface to the voaAreaPlot application. It plots the file contents according to the parameters set on the user interface.
+.SH AUTHORS
+This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) <jimwatson at mac dot com>.
+
+This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari <polverari@debian.org>
+for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/man/voaP2PPlotgui.1 b/man/voaP2PPlotgui.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..457a6a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/voaP2PPlotgui.1
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.TH voaP2PPlotgui 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals"
+.SH NAME
+voaP2PPlotgui \- Graphical frontend to the voaP2PPlot application
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B voaP2PPlotgui file
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B voaP2PPlotgui
+is a graphical user interface to the voaP2PPlot application. It plots the file contents according to the parameters set on the user interface.
+.SH AUTHORS
+This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) <jimwatson at mac dot com>.
+
+This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari <polverari@debian.org>
+for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/man/voacapgui.1 b/man/voacapgui.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31b12eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/voacapgui.1
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.TH voacapgui 1 "FEV 2024" Linux "User Manuals"
+.SH NAME
+voacapgui \- An input GUI for voacapl
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B voacapgui
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B voacapgui
+is a graphical user interface frontend for \fBvoacapl\fP. It generates voacap input files from user input data and plots the resulting predictions.
+.SH AUTHORS
+This program was written by James Watson (M0DNS) <jimwatson at mac dot com>.
+
+This manual page was written by David da Silva Polverari <polverari@debian.org>
+for the Debian Project (but may be used by others).
diff --git a/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py b/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py
index a0bd789..01f5d86 100644
--- a/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py
+++ b/src/pythonprop/voaAreaPlot.py
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ class VOAAreaPlot:
self.datadir = datadir
+ # set backend during initialization to avoid switching error
+ matplotlib.use('GTK3Agg')
+
try:
plot_parameters = VOAFile((in_file))
plot_parameters.parse_file()
@@ -146,7 +149,10 @@ class VOAAreaPlot:
# sys.exit(1)
portland = ListedColormap(["#0C3383", "#0b599b","#0a7fb4","#57a18f","#bec255","#f2c438","#f2a638","#ef8235","#e4502a","#d91e1e"])
- plt.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland)
+ try:
+ plt.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland)
+ except ValueError:
+ print("Portland colormap is already registered")
colMap = color_map
projection = ccrs.PlateCarree()
diff --git a/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py b/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py
index faf87e6..7255667 100644
--- a/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py
+++ b/src/pythonprop/voaP2PPlot.py
@@ -136,8 +136,15 @@ class VOAP2PPlot:
self.image_defs = self.IMG_TYPE_DICT[self.data_type]
self.user_bands = user_bands
+
+ # set backend during initialization to avoid switching error
+ matplotlib.use('GTK3Agg')
+
portland = ListedColormap(["#0C3383", "#0b599b","#0a7fb4","#57a18f","#bec255","#f2c438","#f2a638","#ef8235","#e4502a","#d91e1e"])
- matplotlib.cm.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland)
+ try:
+ matplotlib.cm.register_cmap(name='portland', cmap=portland)
+ except ValueError:
+ print("Portland colormap is already registered")
if plot_groups[0]=='a':
num_grp = self.df.get_number_of_groups()
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