gentooboontoo-gphys 0.6.1.3

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+Thu Mar  1  2008  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.6.1 released (cvs tag gphys-0_6_1)
+Sun Feb  24  2008  S Otsuka
+	* lib/numru/gphys/grads_gridded.rb: ruby 1.9 compatibility on windows
+Thu Feb  14  2008  S Takehiro
+        * gphys_io.rb: parse_gturl and open_gturl interpret position setting 
+	  as grid numbers rather than physical coordinates
+	  when the position specifiers begin with "^".
+	* gpcommon.rb: copy_global_att can deal with GPhys 
+	  which consists of multiple files. 
+Tue Feb  12  2008  R Mizuta
+        * axis.rb: changes corresponding to the added methods in unumeric.rb
+Tue Feb  12  2008  S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb : minor change for better performance
+	* gphys_nusdas_io.rb : changes for new version of ruby-nusdas
+Mon Feb  11  2008  T Horinouchi
+	* unumeric.rb : added a new class method UNumeric::from_date
+	  and a method UNumeric#to_datetime. Changed UNumeric#strftime
+	  to use UNumeric#to_datetime.
+Mon Feb  11  2008  T Horinouchi < R Mizuta
+        * axis.rb: Axis#cut : to support Date and DateTime
+Mon Feb  11  2008  T Horinouchi
+  commited the following changes, which haven't been commited yet
+  (latest changes in ggraph.rb were merged):
+  Wed Dec 26  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/ggraph.rb: GGraph::annotate : added new argument
+	  noff (nil=default or Integer) to make it suitable to
+	  consecutive (separate) calls
+	* axis.rb : added new class methods Axis.strftime_fmt= and
+	  Axis.strftime_fmt to specify (or get) the format of strftime
+	  used in Axis#[]
+	* unumeric.rb : added new method strftime.
+
+Fri Feb  8  2008  S Otsuka
+	* install.rb: ruby 1.9 compatibility
+	* lib/numru/gphys/axis.rb: ruby 1.9 compatibility
+	* lib/numru/gphys/subsetmapping.rb: ruby 1.9 compatibility
+	* lib/numru/gphys/gphys_io.rb: ruby 1.9 compatibility
+	* lib/numru/gphys/varraycomposite.rb: ruby 1.9 compatibility
+	* lib/numru/gphys/grib.rb: ruby 1.9 compatibility
+Fri Feb  8  2008  T Koshiro
+	* ggraph.rb: DCLExt.color_bar: bug fix for drawing bar frame
+Fri Feb  8  2008  T Koshiro
+	* ggraph.rb: DCLExt.color_bar: added a new option "labels_ud":
+	  to specify user-defined labels for replacing the default labels
+	  (Array of String)
+Thu Feb  7  2008  T Koshiro
+	* ggraph.rb: DCLExt.color_bar: added new options and fixed bugs.
+	  * added new option: "title", "units", and "charindex"
+	  * no tick lines are drawn if opt["tickintv"] == 0
+	  * no labels are drawn if opt["labelintv"] == 0
+	  * option "index" is validated for frame and tick lines regardless of opt["constwidth"] setting
+	  * fixed the length of the color bar with opt["constwidth"] == true
+	  * fixed other small bugs
+Wed Jan 30  2008  R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: bug fix for reading sequential binary file. 
+	* varraygrads.rb: minor bug fix for writing control file. 
+
+Tue Dec 25  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/ggraph.rb: added new options.
+	  * GGraph.fig: eqdistvpt, round0, round1
+	  * GGraph.line, GGraph.mark: map_axes
+	    * in doing so, introduced a new method axes_or_map_and_ttl,
+	      which is now commonly called in contour, tone, mark & line.
+Fri Dec 14  2007  S Nishizawa
+	* lib/numru/gphys/gphys_nusdas_io.rb: added for nusdas
+	* lib/numru/gphys/varraynusdas.rb: added for nusdas
+	* lib/numru/gphys/gphys_io.rb: modified for nusdas
+Mon Dec  3  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/ggraph.rb: improvement in GGraph::fig: To avoid
+	  the internally defined DCL window to have xmin==xmax or ymin==ymax.
+	* varray.rb: improvement for NArray_type3_methods : not to fail 
+	  if the result is nil.
+Mon Dec  3  2007  T Horinouchi < S Nishizawa
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb: revised VizShot#plot not to fail with opendap
+Tue Nov 27  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb: supported extensions, thanks to S. Nishizawa
+Tue Nov 27  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: added a new method first3D
+
+Thu Oct 25  2007  R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: bug fix for template in the grads control file. 
+Tue Aug 28  2007  T Horinouchi < dennou-ruby:002830
+	* ggraph.rb: (debug) DCLExt.color_bar: to call DCL.uwsgxz(false)
+	  and DCL.uwsgyz(false) after calling DCL::uwsgxa and DCL::uwsgya.
+Thu Aug 16  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.6.0 released (cvs tag gphys-0_6_0)
+Tue Aug 14  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: DCLExt::level_chval_fmt : improved the automatic 
+	  label-format determination algorithm for |dx|<1e-6
+	  (essentially a debug).
+Fri Jul 27  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* gdir.rb: fixed bugs in list_*_v when called with a path argument.
+Thu Jul 26  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb, gphys_io.rb: to make a record in the NetCDF 
+	  global attribute 'history' in each_along_dims_write. (Before that,
+	  history recording is made only with the write method.)
+Thu Jul 26  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: NetCDF_IO::write : changed to write command 
+	  name (File.basename($0)), rather than the method name, to the
+	  global attribute 'history'.
+Wed Jul 25  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: improved default color-bar labeling for log-scale:
+	  to simply use chval format 'b', rather than using
+	  level_chval_fmt, which is optimized for equal spacing.
+	* subsetmapping.rb: improved an error message.
+Tue Jul 24  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb: added a new class method Axis.humane_message=
+	  to disable the humane messaging by [] (By defalut,
+	  lost time axis info is expressed in a chronological
+	  yyyy-mm-... form, which may be unwanted.)
+	* subsetmapping.rb: to use Array#values_at instead of
+	  Array#indices, which is obsolete and warned in Ruby 1.8.
+	  (note: Array#values_at is a ruby 1.8 feature.)
+	* varray.rb: VArray#val: to support negative array index 
+	  with step (by using Hash) for NArray-type data.
+Wed Jul 18  2007  Y Morikawa
+	* bin/gpedit: Create or overwrite the attributes of a variable 
+	  specified by a gtool4-type URL (Only netCDF files are supported).
+Tue Jul 17  2007  S Takehiro
+        * lib/numru/ggraph.rb: demo for GGraph::vector and 'flow_itr5' option
+	  (vector filed plotting on the polar corrdinate) added. 
+Tue Jul 6  2007  S Takehiro
+        * lib/numru/ggraph.rb: optional branch position of 'flow_itr5' and 
+	  'flow_vect' are exchanged in GGraph::vector. 
+	  In GGraph::title, action of the case of itr==5 changed. 
+	  In flow_itr5, unit_vector option is added. 
+	* bin/gpvect: commnad for 2D vector field plotting, optionally with 
+	  contour/tone of scalar field newly created. 
+Thu Jul 5  2007  R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: added support for template %m1,%d1,%h1,%h2,%n2 
+      in the control file. 
+    * lib/numru/dclext_datetime_ax.rb: bug fixed 
+      (save and restore x/yfact, x/yoffset)
+Tue Jul 4   2007  S Takehiro
+        * lib/numru/ggraph.rb: Added a new method DCLExt.flow_itr5 to draw 
+	  a 2D vector filed on the polor coordinate. GGraph::vector was 
+	  modified to call this method. 
+	  GGraph::vector is fixed to perform the axes exchange before 
+	  rank inquirey. 
+Tue Jun 26  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb: Added a new tone_cont option 
+	  "color_bar_options", which takes options of
+	  GGraph::color_bar as a Hash. To test it, try the test menu 6 by
+	    % ruby vizshot.rb 6
+Tue Jun 26  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb: Added a logarithmic color-bar option:
+	  * If a GGraph option 'log' is given to VizShot#tone_cont,
+	    it was made to be passed to GGraph::color_bar in addition
+	    to GGraph::tone etc. 
+	    (Therefore, at this moment, only the "log" option
+	    of color_bar was supported. I'm also planning to
+	    support any color_bar options.)
+
+Mon Jun 25  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb Axis#[]  
+	  * supported units compatible with "months" (e.g.
+	    year, pentad) with since fields.
+	  * debug and minor improvement of "day"-compatible
+	    units (second,hour,...) with since fields, 
+	    which was supported on jun 21 2007.
+
+Thu Jun 21  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb Axis#[] : changed the lost-axis descripting
+	  string, when the axis is a time one, whose units
+	  has a "since" field. In that case, string to be returned 
+	  was changed to a date time in the form of
+	  "%Y-%m-%d %M:%H:%S%z" (formatted by strftime).
+Thu Jun 21  2007  R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: error massage when ctl file and binary 
+      are inconsistent. 
+Thu Jun 21  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: Added calendar-type time axis support.
+	  * Added new option "time_ax" for GGraph::axes, where
+	    * nil (defalut): Draws calendar-type time axis if 
+	      the unit of an axis is time one with the "since"
+	      field (such as "hours since 2006-01-01").
+	      Auto selects "h" or "ymd" below, depending on the
+	      length of the period (current thres: 5 days).
+	    * false: Do not use the time axis regardless the units
+	    * 'h': When the units allow (see the description for nil),
+	      always use the hour-resolving time axis datetime_ax
+	      in dclext_datetime_ax.rb)
+	    * 'ymd': When the units allow (see the description for nil),
+	      always use the y-m-d type axis using DCL.uc[xy]acl.
+Tue May 22  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: Added a new option 'keep' in GGraph::contour, 
+	  GGraph::tone, GGraph:vector (defalut val: false). If its value
+	  is set true, the contour levels / tone levels & patterns / 
+	  vector scaling, respectively, are set to be the same
+	  as in the previous call. GOOD FOR ANIMATION.
+	  Also, a minor debug was made in contour -- handling of 'lmsg'
+	  in log scaling.
+Wed May 9  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: GPhys#average etc (in Axis.defined_operations).
+	  debug not to cause error when the result is scalar
+	  (to return the scalar itself -- behavior unified with 
+	  mean etc)
+
+Tue Apr 24  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: debug in replace_val (replace_val was not effective
+	  for subset VArray); added explicit error for VArray subclasses
+	  such as VArrayNetCDF.
+	* gphys_fft.rb: added the second argument replace_val to the class 
+	  method fft_ignore_missing
+Fri Mar 16  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb: debuged the error message string at l.646 
+
+Fri Feb 23  2007  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.5.4 released (cvs tag gphys-0_5_4)
+
+Mon Dec 12  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_fft.rb: added a class method fft_ignore_missing: this is
+	  to set a flag (class variable) to ignore missing values. 
+	  This is for data that actually do not have missing 
+	  but is treated as potentially having missing (often
+	  by having the valid_* attributes of NetCDF.)
+
+Mon Dec 12  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: 
+	  * GGraph.tone,GGraph.contour: Added option 'log'
+	  * DCLExt : added new method quasi_log_levels and quasi_log_levels_z
+            (driver of quasi_log_levels with data values)
+Mon Dec 11  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: Added options 'legend' etc to GGraph.line and GGraph.mark
+	  to annotate the line/mark type and index (and size if mark).
+	  ('legend', 'legend_vx', 'legend_dx' (only for line), 'legend_vy', 
+          'legend_size') By defualt it is shown in the right margin of vpt.
+	  'legend' is a String to show, or true to show the name of the
+	  current GPhys object.
+	  * DCLExt : added new method legend
+Fri Nov 24  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb: debug to allow Regexp in :file & :file2
+Wed Oct 11  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: added documentation for (next|set)_(contour|tone)
+Wed Oct 11  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.5.3 released (cvs tag gphys-0_5_3)
+Wed Oct 11  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: added new methods set_contour, next_contour,
+	  set_tone, and next_tone
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb: added new methods set_contour and set_tone
+Thu Sep  8  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb: added new methods:
+	  * VizShot#add : to add plots in another VizShot non-destructively
+	    (also added are protected methods 
+	    semi_deep_clone, and  plots (attr_reader))
+Thu Aug 31  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/vizshot.rb <-- lib/numru/easyviz.rb : renamed
+	  * changed argument spec in execute and (gen|dump)_code*
+Thu Aug 31  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/easyviz.rb:
+	  * added dump_code
+	  * multiple frame support
+	  * added replace_plot!
+	  * support dump_code_and_data
+	  * windows -> ms_windows etc
+Wed Aug 30  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/easyviz.rb: added
+	* testdata/UV.jan.nc: added
+Mon Aug 28  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.5.2 released (cvs tag gphys-0_5_2)
+Wed Aug 23  2006  T Horinouchi < T Koshiro [dennou-ruby:002687 & 002690]
+	* ggraph.rb: Applied the patches made by T Koshiro;
+	  * 002687: map-fitting (with option 'map_fit') and axes-drawing
+	    (with option 'map_axes') were made available
+	    simultaneously when itr=10.
+	  * 002690: added axis-drwaing options: 'xmaplabel', 'ymaplabel' 
+	    better axis-labelling when itr==10, with 90E, 90W, etc instead
+	    of 90, 270, etc.
+	  * Added examples (graph 27-30) in the test part at the bottom.
+        * sample/ggraph_mapfit-axes_dr002687.rb: sample program by koshiro
+	* sample/ggraph_latlon_labelling_dr002690: sample program by koshiro
+Tue Aug 15  2006  T Horinouchi (ref: [dennou-ruby:002682] from koshiro)
+	* sample/cira86_to_nc.rb: debug
+	* attribute.rb: better error message in Attribue#[]=
+Tue Aug 15  2006  T Horinouchi (ref: [dennou-ruby:002681] from nishizawa)
+	* gphys.rb: GPhys#each_along_dims
+	  * corrected to support NArrayMiss in addition to NArray
+	  * the sencond argument is allowed to be an empy array, which 
+            is a trivial case with no need for this method but
+	    is supported for generality in terms of programming.
+Tue Aug 15  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* grid.rb: corrected the document for Grid#cut
+Mon Jul 31  2006  R Mizuta
+    * ggraph.rb: color_bar: support option 'chval_fmt' with using 
+      option 'constwidth'. 
+Wed Jun 14  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: replaced .is_a?(GPhys) with .respond_to?(:grid),
+	  since it causes troubles in binary operations through dRuby.
+Mon May 15 2006  S Nishizawa (logging forgotten; added by horinout on june 14)
+	* grib_params.rb, grib.rb: new parameters added...
+Fri Mar 24  2006  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: added option "no_new_fig" to GGraph::fig. (This made
+	  possible to set DCL parameters that are reset by grfrm or grfig
+	  such as the uspack parameters d[xy][tl])
+Tue Mar  7  2006  S Takehiro < M Nakano
+	* bin/gpmaxmin: USAGE Typo fixed.
+	* bin/gpview: option --int bug fixed
+Wed Dec 14  2005  T Horinouchi < T Koshiro
+	* lib/numru/ggraph.rb: debug in the method axes [dennou-ruby:002541]
+Thu Nov 17  2005  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/dclext_datetime_ax.rb: debug axis label direction recovery
+Wed Nov  9   2005  R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: support 'byteswapped' option, 
+	  become classes under NumRu module
+Mon Nov  7   2005  R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb, gphys_grads_io.rb: debug in reading variables 
+	  with different number of vertical levels from ZDEF. 
+	* grads_gridded.rb: minor modification in reading
+Tue Oct  31  2005   S Takehiro
+	* bin/gpview: option --smooth bug fixed.
+Tue Oct  30  2005   S Takehiro
+        * bin/gpview: --animate option recoverd.
+Wed Oct  5  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: color_bar: enhancement (& debug) of the modification on
+	  Sep 27 2005 to support trn > 5
+Tue Sep 27  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: color_bar: to restore viewport, window, and trn at exit,
+	  so that one can overlay plots after showing a color bar.
+Mon Sep 26  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: color_bar added option 'chval_fmt' to override the
+	  internal automatic setting.
+	* varray.rb: minor modification in binary operations for better
+	  error messaging.
+Tue Sep 13  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/dclext_datetime_ax.rb: added (it was developed
+	  separately at ~/davis/WORK/dcl/)
+Tue Sep 13  2005   T Horinouchi < T Koshiro
+	* grads_gridded.rb: debug in []
+Mon Sep 12  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: added a test for the axis treatment (see below)
+	* axis.rb: added methods Axis#cyclic? and Axis#modulo.
+        * varray.rb: added methods VArray#axis_cyclic? and VArray#axis_modulo.
+	* grid.rb: 
+	  * refactoring: Grid.new -> self.class.new (for inheritance)
+	  * Grid#merge: avoid redunduncy in lost_axes
+Fri Sep  9  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.5.1 released (cvs tag gphys-0_5_1)
+Mon Aug 29  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: minor improvement when [xy]intv >= 2 (to plot at max
+	  num of grid points)
+Tue Aug 23  2005   S Takehiro
+	* lib/numru/gphys/gpcommon.rb: 'help' method bug fix.
+Tue Aug 23  2005   S Takehiro
+	* bin/: gpaop craated
+	* bin/gp*, lib/numru/gphys/gpcommon.rb: common methods to bin/gp* 
+	  command moved to gpcommon.rb.
+	* bin/gpview: multiple Gphys variables plotting and option --var 
+	  implemented.
+	* bin/gpcut,gpcat,gpaop,gpmath: Global attributes are copied to
+	  the output ncfile when the input is NetCDF. 
+Sun Aug 21  2005   S Takehiro
+	* bin/: gpadd, gpsub, gpmulti, gpdiv removed.
+Sun Aug 21  2005   S Takehiro
+	* bin/: gpadd, gpsub, gpmulti, gpdiv created.
+Tue Aug 16  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: Added VArray#reshape.
+	* axis.rb: Debug in Axis#integrate (in judgment for prodefined
+	  integration weight -- it was never to use a non-default one
+	  becasuse of a typo). Added Axis#integ_weigtht(=) and
+	  Axis#average_weighte(=)
+Tue Aug  10  2005   S Takehiro
+        * bin/gpmaxmin: locations having max and min values are displayed.
+          utilize internal function for printing help message.
+          --all, --index, --number options added.
+	* bin/gpcat, gpcut, gpmath, gpprint, gplist: utilize internal
+	  function for printing help message.
+Tue Aug  9  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* doc/: updated
+Tue Aug  9  2005   S Takehiro
+	* bin/gpview: add option --help and help function < T Horinouchi,
+          URL information corrected.
+Tue Aug  9  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: contour,tone,vector: debug in the cyclic extention
+	  handling for itr==5.
+	* ggraph.rb: contour,tone,vector: added option 'exchange', which
+	  is a synonym for 'transpose'.
+Sat Aug  7  2005   S Takehiro
+	* bin/gpmaxmin: parse_gturl removed.
+	* bin/gpview: option --overplot implemented.
+Fri Aug  5  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* grid.rb: Grid#ax_dim (protected method) changed to allow
+	  negative dimension
+	* install.rb: takehiro modification corrected
+Wed Jul 27  2005   T Horinouchi < M Nakano
+	* ggraph.rb: debug vector (to use yintv for y-axis)
+Thu Jul 21  2005   T Horinouchi
+ 	* bin/gdir_client: RD document commented out
+	* doc/index.rd: a link error corrected (gdir)
+	* doc/ updated
+	* lib/numru/gdir.rb: 
+	  * rd document changed a bit
+	  * GDir#initialize : debug in abspath setting
+Wed Jul 20  2005   S Takehiro
+	* recover install.rb from that for debian packaging. 
+Wed Jul 15  2005   S Takehiro
+        * bin/gpview: option --noannotate implemented.
+	* bin/gpcut,gpmaxmin,gpmath: open_gturl method is used 
+	  for opening gphys variable.
+Wed Jul 13  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: eliminate an error in binary operations when data without
+	  missing is on the lefthand and data with missing is on the righthand.
+Thu Jun 30  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb : re-activated the correction disabled on June 21.
+Wed Jun 23  2005   S Takehiro
+	* bin/gpview: debug, option --title implemented.
+Wed Jun 22  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: DCLExt::color_bar : labeling improved -- to show
+	  more digits if needed (for levels such as 1001,1002,1003,..).
+          (It was left to the uxypak default, chval fmt 'b', which uses only 3)
+Tue Jun 22  2005   S Takehiro 
+	* bin/gpview: debug, clipping control added to GGraph::annotate.
+Tue Jun 21  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* doc/ updated.
+	* <lib/numru/gdir.rb: modified to accept DODS URLs by using 
+	  lib/numru/htdir.rb (see below).
+	* lib/numru/htdir.rb: Created. 
+	  class NumRu::GDir::HtDir : A class to treat the URL of a 
+	  "directory" as a directory, with a special interpretation for DODS
+	  URL if requested.
+	* gphys_io.rb: GPhys::IO::file2type modified to treat URLs
+	  starting with 'http://' as NetCDF, hoping that it is treated
+	  as DODS extention of the NetCDF
+Tue Jun 21  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* bin/gplist: modfied to use GDir
+	* doc/ updated
+	* bin/gdir_client: RD document added.
+Fri Jun 21  2005   S Takeshiro
+	* bin: gpcut, gpcat, gplist, gpmath, gpmaxmin are created. 
+	* doc: gpcut.html, gpcat.html, gplist.html, gpmath.html, 
+	  gpmaxmin.html are created. 
+	* doc/, bin/: gpcut, gpmaxmin comment fixed.
+Tue Jun 21  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb : *temporarily* disabled the modification on Jun 16:
+	  >>  not to take 
+	  >>    na_other = self.data.val.fill(other)
+          >>  which is inefficitent. But this would require a
+  	  by re-activating l.636 (be removing comment-out chars).
+	  Plus, a minor debug of an enbug on Jun 16.
+Fri Jun 17  2005   T Horinouchi < S Takeshiro
+	* bin/gpview: debug [dennou-ruby:002321], [dennou-ruby:002328(7)]
+Thu Jun 16  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb : GPhys#coerce modified
+	  * not to take 
+	      na_other = self.data.val.fill(other)
+            which is inefficitent. But this would require a
+	    future new version of NArrayMiss (later than 1.1.1)
+	  * set nil to units of a Numric/NArray for
+	    correct units handling bor both add/sub and mlt/div (see below).
+	* varray.rb : 
+	  * Binary_operators_Uconv (+,-,add!,sbt!) : to use other's units
+	    if 'units' attribute is emtpy (nil), rather than interpreting
+	    it as '1' (non-dimension).
+	  * collect a typo: sub!(which is non-exitent in NArray) --> sbt!
+	* grid.rb : added Grid#merge
+Wed Jun 15  2005   T Horinouchi < S Takeshiro
+	* bin/gpprint: debug [dennou-ruby:002321]
+Mon Jun  6  2005   T Horinouchi < S Otsuka
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: modified the edition of NetCDF_IO::open just 
+	  before.
+Mon Jun  6  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.5.0 released (cvs tag gphys-0_5_0)
+	* doc/: updated
+Mon Jun  6  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gdir_connect_ftp-like.rb: very minor change in URL handling
+	  (chomp -> strip)
+	* bin/gdir_server: changed the default behavior to allow
+	  connections only from the localhost. (You need specify
+	  -a hoge.hero.org or -a all etc. to accept remote hosts.)
+Mon Jun  6  2005   T Horinouchi < S Otsuka
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: NetCDF_IO::open : improved handling of
+	  files without coordinate variables. (add "_#{dim}" to 
+	  the automatically generated name "noname")
+Mon Jun  6  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_io_common.rb: IO_Common::each_along_dims_write : changed to
+	  use the new grid obtained with *_IO::write_grid
+          [It solves the problem reported by T Koshiro
+          (Subject: GPhys::NetCDF_IO.each_along_dims_write
+          Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 11:00:40 +0900)]
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: GPhys::NetCDF_IO::write_grid : changed
+	  to return a Grid object, in which all VArrays in the original
+	  grid are replaced with the new ones in the file (the return
+	  value used to be nil).
+	* axis.rb: added methods Axis#each_varray, Axis#collect.
+Mon May 30  2005   T Horinouchi (thanks to T Koshiro)
+	* ggraph.rb: GGraph#(tone|contour|vector): debug in 
+	  cyclic extension treatment; GGraph#map_trn?: modified
+	  to support the debug in tone etc.
+Wed May 25  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* grads_gridded.rb: GrADS_Gridded#parse_ctl: to use a bit simpler
+	  time representation
+	* grads_gridded.rb: GrADS_Gridded#parse_starttime:
+	  changed to accept lower-case "z" (which is leagal).
+	* grads_gridded.rb: GrADSVar#initialize: added attribute 
+	  'missing_value', which is 'undef' in GrADS_Gridded.
+	* grads_gridded.rb: GrADS_Gridded#parse_ctl: change in the
+	  relative path intepretation: to deal with path without
+	  '^' at the beginning (BEFORE: '^hoge' -> absolute path,
+	  'hoge' -> remained relative; AFTER: both -> absolute path.
+	  So you don't need to be at the data directory anymore.)
+Tue May 24  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* grads_gridded.rb: GrADS_Gridded#get_dim: to use float for
+ 	  spacial dimensions as well as time.
+	  GrADSVar#vartype: to return 'float' for coordinate variables.
+	* grads_gridded.rb: GrADSVar#initialize: to raise error if the 
+	  variable name specified (varname) is not found in the ctl file.
+Fri May 13  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: Added method GGraph::tone_and_contour.
+	  (requires numru-misc-0.0.6 or later)
+	* bin/gdir_server: added option to explicitly specify host address
+	* gdir.rb: sort gdirs and texts in list_*; plus, a very minor change
+	* gdir_connect_ftp-like.rb: start_dcl: to call 
+	  DCL.swpset('lwait',false) (if you don't like it, you don't need to
+	  use start_dcl.)
+Wed May 11  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* Merged gphys-remote-0.4 in gphys:
+	  * commands bin/gdir_server and bin/gdir_client
+	    (the former was renamed from gdir_server.rb in gphys-remote).
+	  * irb start-up file lib/numru/gdir_connect_ftp-like.rb
+            (renamed from gphys_connect_ftp-like.rb in gphys-remote).
+Tue May 10  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: GGraph's visualization methods are changed to call
+	  DCL.gropn(1) if gropn/sgopn has not been called
+	  (by introducing GGraph::gropn_1_if_not_yet).
+	* gdir.rb: Added GDir.pwd, GDir#each_dir, GDir#each_data.
+          show, show_v are reorganized and renamed to list_all,
+	  list_all_v, which returns the result as strings.
+	  ls / ls_l now prints their results.
+Mon May  9  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* subsetmapping.rb: SubsetMapping1D.new: support reversed range.
+	* varray.rb: VArray#val: interpret Hash slicers for NArray/NArrayMiss
+	* ggraph.rb: 
+	  GGraph::map: added option 'fill'.
+	  GGraph::contour / GGraph::tone: when map projection, convert to
+	  the anti-clockwise coordinate to get around a bug in UMFMAP in
+	  DCL 5.3
+Fri May  6  2005   T Horinouchi < T Koshiro
+	* ggraph.rb: GGraph::map added options "dgridmj" and "dgridmn"
+Wed Apr 27  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: separated annotate_at from annotate
+Fri Apr 15  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: Further modification for map projection:
+	  The strategy of the previous edition was not good.
+	  If map is to be drawn, 'itr' should be 10 and axes should be drawn
+	  afterwards. Eliminated the new "map" and introduced "map_axes".
+Fri Apr 15  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/gdir.rb: added GDir#open_all_data. Renamed ls_v ->
+	  ls_l, which I originally meant. Supported path in show, show_v.
+	  Support the path argument in show and show_v
+	* gphys_io.rb: corrrected a spell miss of method name in documentation
+	* ggraph.rb: Revision regarding map projection:
+	  * GGraph::fig: Option changed from map_lat_range -> map_window
+	    (the latter includes log-lat range, and the former is eliminated).
+	    Added new option 'map_fit', which is for itr=10 and 11.
+	    Changed the default behavior for itr=10 (cylindrical) to fit
+            the map to the data window (equiv to 'map_fit'=>true). 
+	    Concequently, the default window for itr=10 is now the same as 
+	    with itr=1.
+	  * GGraph::tone & GGraph::contour: added option 'map_fit', 
+	    which draws map etc by switching temporarilly to itr=10 and
+	    calling GGraph::map.
+	* sample/map_projection.rb: Revised according to the change 
+	  of ggraph.rb. New samples were added regarding the 'map_fit'
+	  option of fig and the 'map' option of tone/contour.
+	* doc/: updated
+Wed Apr 13  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/gdir.rb: Imported (moved) from gphys-remote-0.3. It will be
+	  maintained here.
+	* lib/numru/gphys.rb: to include gdir
+	* gphys_io.rb: added method file2file_class(file), which returns
+	  NetCDF, GrADS_Gridded, or Grib.
+	* doc/: updated corresponding to the import of gdir.rb
+Mon Apr  4  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb, grib_params.rb: change not to set attribute of "units" when variables have no unit.
+Fri Apr  1  2005   T Horinouchi
+        * gphys_netcdf_io.rb: added a test regarging packed data.
+	* Revised netcdf convension handling. This improves attribute 
+	  handling of the user's guide convention (the default one)
+	  regarding data missing etc.
+	  * attributenetcdf.rb: AttributeNetCDF#initialize to extend
+	    Attribute_Mixin whose default is defined in netcdf_convention.rb
+	  * netcdf_convention.rb: created module Attribute_Mixin
+	    in NetCDF_Convention_Users_Guide. Moved contents of 
+	    VArray_Mixin to Attribute_NetCDF, which is to move
+	    attribute editor on copying (deep-cloning) from VArrayNetCDF
+	    to AttributeNetCDF (which is used in VArrayNetCDF).
+	* grads_gridded.rb: minor revision of documentation.
+	  allowed modes: "r" & "w+" --> "r" & "w" (read only / write only).
+	* doc/: updated
+Thu Mar 31  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: remove @define_mode and Grib#enddef
+	           change value by units to write
+	* varraygrib.rb: change as removing Grib#enddef
+	* gphys_grib_io.rb: small change in test
+Thu Mar 31  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* grib.rb: Grib: eliminated @mode and introduced @define_mode
+	  (It is a half-hearted job, since no @define_mode check is
+	  introduced in the write method)
+Thu Mar 31  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* grib.rb: minor update of Grib#initialize (to refuse "w+"; 
+	  corresponding error message at l.1268; documentation of file mode).
+Wed Mar 30  2005   R Mizuta
+	* gphys_grads_io.rb, varraygrads.rb: 
+	  output normal gphys into GrADS file
+Wed May 30  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: bugfix in opening file for write
+	* gphys_grib_io.rb: add test for writing, change variable name in test
+	* varraygrib.rb: change variable name in test
+Wed Mar 30  2005   R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: 
+	  * speed up in reading
+	  * GrADSVar followed changes of NetCDFVar
+	* grads_gridded.rb, varraygrads.rb: 
+	  gives more readable control file in GrADS output
+	* gphys_grads_io.rb: bug in the test code fixed
+Tue Mar 29  2005   T Horincouhi
+	* gphys_io.rb: Added methods parse_gturl and open_gturl
+	  (the former was moved from bin/gpprint to gphys_io.rb).
+	* bin/gpprint,bin/gpview: modified to use GPhys::IO.open_gturl
+        * doc/: updated
+Tue Mar 29  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: change status
+Tue Mar 29  2005   T Horincouhi
+	* bin/grads2nc_with_gphys: debug (repoted by S Nishizawa 2005/03/15)
+        * axis.rb: document written. Changed return value of set_aux to self.
+        * grid.rb: document written.
+	* gphys.rb: minor updates of the document.
+        * doc/: updated
+Tue Mar 29  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: remove space from attribute key names
+Tue Mar 29  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: add attribute of "level" and "time" when number of level and time is one
+Tue Mar 29  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: bugfix when number of bit for packing is odd
+Tue Mar 29  2005   T Horincouhi
+	* gphys_io.rb: RD document written
+	* gphys.rb: 
+	  * Added a class method GPhys.each_along_dims, along with its test. 
+	  * Changed return value of replace_val, set_att, and del_att to self.
+        * doc/: updated
+Mon Mar 29  2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb, grib_params.rb: add some new definitions of variables and levels for NCEP grib file.
+Mon Mar 28  2005   T Horincouhi
+	* grib.rb: debug to open grib files in the binary mode.
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: debug in is_a_NetCDF?: to open with
+	  the binary mode.
+Sat Mar  26   2005   R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: open binary file with binary mode
+Fri Mar  25   2005   T Horinouchi
+	* attribute.rb: attribute name is limited to those that matche
+	  /^[A-Za-z_]\w*$/. Removed Numeric from allowed value type
+	  list: Use a 1-element NArray instead.
+Fri Mar  25   2005   S Nishizawa
+        * grib.rb: change ' ' to '_' in name of attribute
+	           change value to NArray with rank of 1 for value of attribute
+Fri Mar  25   2005   S Nishizawa
+        * grib.rb: enable Grib#[] to get negative value
+	* gphyx_grib_io.rb: add name and atts to aux for hybrid level
+Fri Mar  25   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: change value of hybrid level
+	           bugfix
+	* gphys_grib_io.rb: use Axis#set_aux for hybrid level
+Mon Mar  21   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: bugfix for hybrid level
+Mon Mar  21   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: bugfix in Grib.write
+	* grib_params.rb: add variable of unknown
+Mon Mar  21   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: change value of hybrid level from level number to coordinate parameters.
+Mon Mar 21  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_io.rb: IO::fil2type: added case when Grib.
+	* gphys_grib_io.rb: Grib_IO::write: added the 3rd argument
+	  as name_dummy=nil, which is a dummy and is never used but
+	  is present for consistency with other *_IO modules.
+Wed Mar  16  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* doc/ updated.
+Wed Mar  16  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.4.0 released (cvs tag gphys-0_4_0)
+	* ggraph.rb: color_bar: changed not to draw a colobar when
+	  the # of levels is less or equal to 1 (warning is made
+	  in this case).
+Fri Mar  11   2005   D Tsukahara
+	* ggraph.rb: minor bugfix 
+Thu Mar  10   2005   D Tsukahara
+	* ggraph.rb: minor bugfix for (Wed Mar 09   2005   D Tsukahara)
+Thu Mar  10   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: change way to make variables of longitude and latitude.
+	* gphys_grib_io.rb: change to set bare_index true at hybrid level
+Thu Mar  10   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb, grib_params.rb: add standard_name attribution to variables
+Thu Mar  10   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib_params.rb: change name of variable to the same name of wgrib if it possible.
+	* grib.rb: minor bugfix
+Thu Mar  10   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* T.jan.grib: sample grib file converted from T.jan.nc
+	* grib.rb, gphys_grib_io.rb: change to use T.jan.grib in sample	code, change name from is_aGrib? to is_a_Grib?
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb, gphys_grads_io.rb, gphys_grib_io.rb, grib.rb: bugfix for is_a_*?
+Thu Mar  10   2005   T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb,varray.rb: to deal with axis plot direction
+	  specification:
+	  axis.rb: added new method Axis#draw_positive, which simply calls
+	  @pos.axis_draw_positive (see below).
+	  varray.rb: added new method VArray#axis_draw_positive, which
+ 	  returns true (positive=='up'), false (positive=='down'), or
+	  nil (undefined) --- this is based on a widely-used NetCDF
+	  convention, so redefine it in VArray's subclasses if not
+	  appropriate
+Thu Mar  10   2005   T Horinouchi
+	* netcdf_convention.rb: 
+	  * in private method _op_attr_edit (called when operations are made)
+	    in NetCDF_Convention_Users_Guide:
+	    * Added deletion of _FillValue. 
+	    * To unpack valid_* and missing_value if appropriate
+ 	      (in a separate new private method _unpack_missing_specification)
+        * testdata/T.jan.packed.withmiss.nc: Added for test
+	  (requires RubyNetCDF 0.6.0, since missing_value is in 
+	  the packed data type.)
+Wed Mar 09   2005   D Tsukahara
+	* ggraph.rb: fix fig (option "window" can have its element "nil"),
+	  line and mark (add option "max", "min")
+	* bin/gpview: apply option "range" for line plot
+	* doc/ep_flux/index*: change link for tutorial page
+Tue Mar 07   2005   T Horinouchi < T Koshiro
+	* ggraph.rb: [dennou-ruby:002075] support auto-level setting when
+	  level is explicitly given.
+Tue Mar 07   2005   S Nishizawa
+        * gphys_IO.rb gphys_netcdf_io.rb gphys_grads_io.rb gphys_grib_io.rb:
+          add class methods; var_names, var_names_except_coordinates, is_a_[NetCDF,GrADS,Grib]?, respectively, except gphys_io.rb
+	  add part using is_a_*? methods to distinction of file type
+Thu Mar 03   2005   D Tsukahara
+	* doc/derivative/math-doc/*: fix and amend a text
+Tue Mar 02   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb, varraygrib.rb, gphys_grib_io.rb: support writing
+Tue Feb 26   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: remove dimension variables from variables
+	  change timing to obtain variable infomation from Grib.open to Grib#var
+	  add methods GribDim#get, GribDim#[], GribDim#[set,put]_att, DribDim#att
+	* varraygrib.rb, gphys_grib_io.rb: some changes corresponding to the changes of grib.rb
+Tue Feb 25   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: support missing value
+	* varraygrib.rb: change path of grib.rb
+Tue Feb 25   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: change to use NArray.to_na
+	  some changes to speed up
+Tue Feb 24   2005   S Nishizawa
+	* grib.rb: separate definition of parameters to grib_params.rb
+	* grib_params.rb: imported (from separated from grib.rb and added some new definitions for ECMWF datasets)
+Tue Feb 22   2005   S Nishizawa  (cvs committed by Horinouchi)
+	* grib.rb,varraygrib.rb,gphys_grib_io.rb: imported. 
+	  (Grib data handlers.)
+Thu Feb 19   2005   D Tsukahara
+	* doc/ep_flux/math-doc/*: fix and amend a text(Thanks to M Ishiwatari)
+Thu Feb 16   2005   D Tsukahara
+	* ep_flux.rb: fix EP_Flux::strm_rmean( change integrate method ),
+	  delete EP_Flux::prepare_for_divergence_on_merdional_section.
+	* test/test_ep_flux.rb: add test for strm_rmean( looks succesfully )
+	* doc/ep_flux/ep_flux.html: regenerated
+Thu Feb 10   2005   D Tsukahara
+        * bin/gpview: add option --map, --m, --reverse, -Gr.
+	  change option parser (getopts => getoptlong) because
+	  getopts would be obsolute.
+	* doc/gpview.html: regenerated.
+Thu Feb 3   2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_io_common.rb: IO_common::each_along_dims_write: modified
+	  to accept GPhys'es that do not have the same shape ---
+	  It's now ok as long as the dimensions to loop are shared.
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: Added a test for the new feature of
+	  each_long_dims_write. Plus, documentation updated.
+	* doc/gphys_netcdf_io.html: regenerated.
+Thu Feb 3   2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_io_common.rb: IO_common::each_along_dims_write: modified
+	  to accept GPhys'es that do not have the same shape ---
+	  It's now ok as long as the dimensions to loop are shared.
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: Added a test for the new feature of
+	  each_long_dims_write. Plus, documentation updated.
+	* doc/gphys_netcdf_io.html: regenerated.
+Wed Feb 02  2005   D Tsukahara < M Nakano
+	* bin/gpview: debug about looopsense_flag(each_along_dims)
+Wed Jan 26  2005   S Takehiro
+	* options --map_axis and --similar are added to gpview. 
+Tue Jan 25  2005   T Horinouchi < S Takehiro
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: support tranformation number 5 (polar
+	  coorodnate) by S Takeshiro (with a modification by Horinouchi).
+	  Added: GGraph::polar_coordinate_boundaries
+	         GGraph::sim_trn? (currently not used)
+          Modified: GGraph::fig, GGraph::contour, GGraph::tone
+Tue Jan 25  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: GPhys#cyclic_ext debug
+Thu Jan 20  2005   T Horinouchi < T Koshiro
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: DCLExt::color_bar -- always lclip=false in
+	  the method.
+Mon Jan 17  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: added contour test under map projection
+	* gphys.rb: debug in GPhys::cyclic_ext
+	* varray.rb,gphys.rb: Added methods VArray#long_name,
+          VArray#long_name=, GPhys#long_name, GPhys#long_name=.
+Fri Jan 14  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.3.5 released (cvs tag gphys-0_3_5)
+Fri Jan 14  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* bin/gpview: l.202 'itr'=>($OPT_itr) --> 'itr'=>($OPT_itr.to_i)
+	  --mean and --animate are changed to accpet integers as well as 
+	  dimension names.
+Fri Jan 14  2005   D Tsukahara
+	* bin/gpview: delete --map, -m(don't redef GGraph's method) 
+Fri Jan 14  2005   R Mizuta
+	* numru/gphys/grads_gridded.rb: disuse Date.parse (for Ruby 1.6)
+Fri Jan 14  2005   T Horinouchi < S Takehiro
+	* install.rb: editied help messaging
+Thu Jan 13  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: DCLExt::color_bar: bug fix in the calculation
+	  of offs_(tick|label) under the uniform tone level interval
+	  (independent of Mizuta-kun's revision).
+	  Added 3 sample graphics for map projection (graph 22-24).
+	  Added contour to graph 11.
+	* doc/ggraph.html: regenerated
+Thu Jan 13  2005   R Mizuta
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: DCLExt::color_bar: added options (constwidth,index). 
+Wed Jan 12  2005   T Horinouchi
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: Support map projection: 
+	  new methods: map, set_map, next_map, map_trn?
+	  modified methods: fig, title, annotate, contour, tone, vector
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: documents updated.
+	* grid.rb: set_axis: modified to return self.
+	* gphys.rb: added new method cyclic_ext.
+	* varray.rb: [], []=: modified to accept false (rubber dim)
+	  Unbelievable that it was not yet.
+	* sample/map_projection.rb: created. (sample program to demonstrate
+ 	  map projection with GGraph)
+        * doc/gpprint.html,doc/gpview.html,doc/grads2nc_with_gphys.html: 
+	  created using rd2.
+	* doc/index.(rd|html): modified to include the commands.
+Mon Jan 12  2005   D Tsukahara
+	* bin/gpview: use GGraph::margin_info and GGraph::color_bar. Add many
+	  options(ex. s/cint, s/crange, aspect...), write options document,
+	  and fix SAMPLE.
+Mon Jan 10  2005   T Horinouchi (partly < D Tsukahara)
+	* install.rb: changed to install files in bin/
+	* bin/install.rb: removed
+	* bin/grads2nc_with_gphys: renamed grads2nc.rb to grads2nc_with_gphys
+	* bin/gpprint: added
+	* bin/gpview: added -- This program was written by D Tsukahara
+	  and imported from [dennou-ruby:001970]
+Mon Jan 10  2005   T Horinouchi
+        * numru/ggraph.rb: Added GGraph::margin_info, which shows
+	  strings in the bottom margin (representing program name, date, 
+	  and data source)
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: DCLExt::color_bar: improved the algorithm used 
+	  to define levels to label.
+Tue Dec  7  2004   T Horinouchi
+        * numru/ggraph.rb: DCLExt::color_bar: changed the default to portrait
+	  (which looks nicer). Labelling is improved to chose good levels.
+Mon Dec  6  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* grid.rb: Grid#transpose modified to preserve @lost_axes
+Fri Dec  3  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: VArray#coerse: added NArrayMiss support
+Wed Dec  1  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* numru/ggraph.rb: 
+	  * GGraph::tone: changed the default value of 'tonc'
+	    and 'tonf' to false. (there seems a bug in uetonf, while a bug in
+	    uetone must have eliminated in dcl5.3. Also, I think it was my
+	    careless mistake to set the default val of 'tonc' to true.)
+	    Changed the timing to call DCL.ueitlv -- this is to leave
+	    tone levels for color bars.
+          * DCLExt::color_bar: Created. General program to draw COLOR BARS.
+Mon Nov 29  2004   R Mizuta
+	* numru/gphys/grads_gridded.rb: changed the basis of time axis 
+	  from the first Julian period to the date of the first data record. 
+Wed Nov 24  2004   R Mizuta
+	* numru/gphys/grads_gridded.rb: support data containing missing data, 
+	  2-byte signed integers, and 1-byte unsigned integers. 
+Tue Nov 12  2004   D Tsukahara
+	* numru/gphys/ep_flux.rb: 
+	  1. add accesor method p00 and modified set||get constants
+	  2. undef C_p and R; instead def @@cp, @@gas_const and accesor method.
+	  3. fix document: ep_full_sphere(about argument xfzdims)
+	* test/test_ep_flux.rb: reflect adjustment of ep_flux.rb
+Tue Nov 09  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.3.4 released (cvs tag gphys-0_3_4)
+	* varray.rb: coerce: changed the assumptions of the units of
+	  Numeric etc (to assume the same units instead of non-dim, for
+	  consistency between numeric+varray and varray+numeric).
+	  Refactoring regarding attribute copying.
+Mon Nov 08  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* numru/gphys.rb: to require numru/gphys/ep_flux
+	  (which requires numru/gphys/derivative etc)
+Mon Nov 08  2004   D Tsukahara
+	* numru/gphys/ep_flux.rb: modified
+	  1. add accesor method g_forces
+	  2. delete "require numru/gphys"
+	  3. fixed strm_rmean : change int_v (VArray => GPhys) and not setting
+	     units.
+	* sample/ep_flux/demo_NCEP_1.rb,demo_NCEP_2.rb,demo_NCEP_3.rb:
+	  write testdata's URL and simple description.
+Tue Nov 02  2004   D Tsukahara
+	* doc/ep_flux.rd,ep_flux.html: fixed dead link and updated for Tutrial.
+	* numru/ggraph_on_merdional_section.rb:
+	  delete GGraph::divergence_on_merdional_section
+	* doc/ep_flux/ggraph_on_merdional_section.html:
+	  delete GGraph::divergence_on_merdional_section
+Thu Nov 02  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* doc/index.(rd|html)  updated for ep_flux and derivative.
+Tue Nov 02  2004   D Tsukahara
+	* numru/gphys/ep_flux.rb: created
+	* numru/ggraph_on_merdional_section.rb: created
+	* TODO_ep_flux: created
+	* numru/derivative.rb: created
+	* numru/gphys/derivative.rb: created
+	* test/test_ep_flux.rb:created
+	* sample/ep_flux/demo_NCEP_1.rb,demo_NCEP_2.rb,demo_NCEP_3.rb: created
+	  (require demo-data)
+	* doc/ep_flux/index.rd,index.html,ep_flux.html,
+	  ggraph_on_merdional_section.html: created
+	* doc/ep_flux/math-doc/document.tex,document.pdf: created
+	* doc/ep_flux/math-doc/document/*: many mathmatical document files
+	  created (html version)
+	* doc/derivative/index.rd,index.html,numru-derivative.html,
+	  gphys-derivative.html: created
+	* doc/derivative/math-doc/document.tex,document.pdf: created
+	* doc/derivative/math-doc/document/*: many mathmatical document files
+	  created (html version)
+Thu Aug 26  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_io_common.rb: debug in each_along_dims_write
+Fri Aug 18  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: Added options 'tonf', 'tonc' to GGraph.tone
+Fri Aug 12  2004   T Horinouchi
+        * ggraph.rb: Added GGraph::vector. Renamed DCLExt::ug_flow_vect
+	  to DCLExt::flow_vect and revised. Added DCLExt::unit_vect;
+	  DCLExt::set_unit_vect_options, and DCLExt::next_unit_vect_options.
+	* gphys.rb: added att_names, get_att, set_att,
+	  put_att(aliased to set_att), del_att.
+	* varray.rb: added VArray#attr_copy
+	* netcdf_convention.rb: _op_attr_edit: not to delete 'long_name'
+Fri Aug 10  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb,gphys.rb: added method convert_units
+Fri Aug  9  2004   T Horinouchi
+        * ggraph.rb: added DCLExt::ug_flow_vect
+	* removed ggraph_old.rb (to be deleted in the next release)
+Fri Aug  9  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.3.3 released (cvs tag gphys-0_3_3)
+	* grid.rb: delete_axes: to allow dimension specification by name(s)
+	* axis.rb(,gphys.rb): added Axis#to_gphys(datavary1d=nil), which
+	  makes a 1D GPhys object using the axis. By default, the axis's
+	  coordinate variable is used as the data.
+	  Its test program was added to gphys.rb.
+	* ggraph.rb: contour,tone: added transpose option to exchange x&y axes.
+        * grid.rb,varray.rb,gphys.rb: added transpose method.
+	* varray.rb: added VArray#del_att. VArray#coerce: support UNumeric.
+          asin, atan etc: units of the return value set to 'rad' (it was '1')
+	* unumeric.rb: debug in expection messaging in UNumeric#convert2
+          Math funcs such as log&sin: to return UNumeric (instead of Numeric).
+          Added atan2.
+          asin, atan etc: units of the return value set to 'rad' (it was '1')
+Fri Jul 16  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: 
+	  axes -- to set the uz parameter 'roffxt', when units of the left
+	  y axis is to be written to avoid the overlay with the title.
+	  line -- added a new parameter 'label'
+Thu Jul 15  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_fft.rb: added GPhys#detrend, GPhys#cos_taper, 
+	  and GPhys::COS_TAPER_SP_FACTOR (==1/0.875)
+Thu Jul 15  2004   R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: created natts, get_att, and att_names
+Thu Jun 10  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* grads_gridded.rb: treat cray_32bit_ieee as bigendian
+Thu May 24  2004   R Mizuta
+	* coordtransform.rb: bug fixed
+Fri May 21  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.3.2 released (cvs tag gphys-0_3_2)
+	* gphys_io_common.rb: debug in each_along_dims_write -- the previous
+	  version did not work with the unlimited dimension.
+	* coordtransform.rb: minor change (HAVE_SSL2 -> HAVE_NUMRU_SSL2)
+Mon May 10  2004   R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb,gphys_grads_io.rb,varraygrads.rb: 
+	  supported GrADS output
+	* coordtransform.rb: linear interpolation without SSL2
+Wed May  5  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: [],[]=: minor debug (handling of specification by dim name)
+	* ggraph.rb: _set_tone_levels_ (used in tone): improved --
+	  it is ok now not to specify 'patterns'.
+	  tone: added options 'clr_min', 'clr_max' (just for convenience
+	  and consitstency with contour --- one can instead directly
+	  specify the uepack parameter icolor[12])
+Tue May  4  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_fft.rb: debug & improve coordinate handling in GPhys#fft
+Sun May  2  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_fft.rb: added units handling in rawspect2powerspect
+	* unumeric.rb: debug in "/"; added the "**"
+Fri Apr  2  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* netcdf_convention.rb: NetCDF_Conventions::find -> not to raise an
+	  exception when gtool4
+Sun Mar 21  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.3.1 released (cvs tag gphys-0_3_1)
+	* ggraph.rb,gphys.rb: Moved GPhys#first1D & GPhys#first1D from the
+	  former to the latter.
+        * gphys_io.rb: very minor change
+Sat Mar 20  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* grads_gridded.rb: GrADS_Gridded: added reader to @ctlfile
+	* lib/numru/gphys.rb: changed required files accordingly	
+	* gphys_io.rb: Created (module GPhys::IO). 
+	  Consolidates specific IO modules such as GrADS_IO and NetCDF_IO.
+	  Figures out file type internally and forward messages to
+	  appropriate modules.
+	* gphys_io_common.rb: Created by separating from
+	  gphys_netcdf_io.rb. Internal usage only (to be used by IO,
+	  NetCDF_IO, GrADS_IO etc.)
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: Separated module IO_Common into 
+	  gphys_io_common.rb.
+Fri Mar 19  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: Do not check class of a VArray (for dRuby)
+	* varray.rb: NMath --> Misc::EMath, debug: VArray#** (units treatment)
+	* unumeric.rb: scale-offset conversion --> to warn regardress $VERBOSE
+Thu Mar  4  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: __ntype: "lint" -> "int"
+Tue Mar  2  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* netcdf_convention.rb: minor debug in an exception message
+Tue Mar  2  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.3.0 released (cvs tag gphys-0_3_0)
+	* doc/index.rd: created (separated from lib/numru/gphys.rb)
+	* netcdf_convention.rb: CREATED. To hold NetCDF convensions
+	  --- better support of the User's Guide convention.
+	  Supported the Wind Profiler convention.
+	* unumeric.rb: added documentation.
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb,varraynetcdf.rb,varraycomposite.rb: changed
+	  according to the introduction of netcdf_convention.rb
+	* varray.rb,gphys.rb: supported atan2
+	* attributenetcdf.rb: AttributeNetCDF.new: to accept a NetCDF in
+	  addition to NetCDFVar (this is to support global attributes).
+Mon Mar  1  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* varraycomposite.rb: val: to support NArraMiss; added convention
+	* varraynetcdf.rb: convention module moved in from gphys_netcdf_io.rb.
+	  NetCDFVar#get/put re-aliasesed to (get|put)_with_miss_and_scaling
+          (by default, they are aliased to simple_(get|put)).
+	  (CAUTION: Need NArrayMiss newer THAN 1.0.1, which has a bug)
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: convention module moved out to varraynetcdf.rb
+Sun Feb 29  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* unumeric.rb: added to_f, to_i
+Sat Feb 28  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_fft.rb: change to use a NumRu::Units operation in wavenum calc
+Fri Feb 27  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* unumeric.rb: created.
+	* varray.rb: Modified to use NumRu::Units
+	  - added methods units and units=
+	  - modified Math funcs, binary operators, and
+	    type3_methods (mean,max,etc).
+	* gphys.rb: added methods units and units= (forwarded to @data)
+	* axis.rb,grid.rb: minor change in response to the change in varray.rb
+Fri Feb 27  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: improved binary operators (to coerce unknown objects).
+	  VArray#coerce: debug.
+	  VArray#val: changed to return @ary.dup instead of @ary for
+	  consistency with other VArray subclasses and the mapping case.
+	* gphys.rb: added GPhys#coerce, 
+	  binary&math operators: changed to copy the grid
+Thu Feb  5  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_fft.rb: Debuged spect_zero_centering and spect_one_sided.
+	  Made a test part. Added rawspect2powerspect.
+Wed Feb  4  2004   T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: increased NArray_type1_methods (such as real, imag,
+	  random, etc.etc.) and Binary_operators (imag=).
+	* gphys_fft.rb: added new GPhys methods spect_zero_centering
+	  and spect_one_sided.
+Thu Jan 29  2004  T Horinouchi < S Nishizawa
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: debug in NetCDF_IO::open
+Thu Jan 29  2004  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.2.3 released
+	* axis.rb: Axis#cut/Axis#cut_rank_conserving:
+ 	  supported multiple position specification by Array/NArray
+	* gphys.rb: added a test for GPhys#cut (which depends on Axis#cut)
+	* varray.rb,gphys.rb: removed spaces before parentheses.
+Tue Jan 27  2004  T Horinouchi
+	* varraycomposite.rb: redefined methods ntype and typecode
+Tue Jan  6  2004  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: created GPhys::IO_Common module, which is to 
+	  be separated in a independent file in future. 
+	  Made IO_Common::each_along_dims_write and 
+	  NetCDF_IO::each_along_dims_write, where the latter uses the former.
+	* axis.rb: debug in Axis#[] (treatment of @aux)
+	* gphys.rb: added GPhys#rename
+Mon Jan  5  2004  T Horinouchi
+	* varraynetcdf.rb: aliased VArrayNetCDF.new2 to VArrayNetCDF.def_var
+	* gphys.rb: created GPhys#dim_index.
+	  GPhys#[], GPhys#[]= : enhanced to support specification by Hash
+	  (with keys representing axis names. e.g., gphys['x'=>2..-3]).
+Sun Jan  4  2004  T Horinouchi
+	* grid.rb: unify Grid#axis and Grid#get_axis (so, get_axis
+	  is kept only for backward compatibility)
+	* gphys.rb: replaced Grid#get_axis calls with Grid#axis calls.
+	  Created GPhys#grid_copy to return a deep clone of the grid 
+	  (@grid.copy).
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: separated NetCDF_IO::write_grid from 
+	  NetCDF_IO::write
+	* varraynetcdf.rb: VArrayNetCDF.new2 (class method): to allow
+	  dimension specification by name.
+Thu Nov 20  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_fft.rb: to use FFTW3 if exists
+Mon Nov 17  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* lib/numru/gphys.rb: to require gphys_operations
+	* gphys_fft.rb: created
+	* varray.rb: VArray#name modified to return a copy (dup) of the name
+	* varray.rb: added "abs" to NArray_type1_methods
+	* varray.rb: added a new method VArray#replace_val
+	* gphys.rb: added a new method GPhys#replace_val
+Mon Nov 10  2003  R Mizuta
+        * ggraph.rb: debug in tone, options added to axes, and
+          support of String in xx_set_params
+Sun Nov  9  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: debug in __to_na_of_netcdf.
+Fri Nov  7  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.2.2 released
+	* bin/grads2nc.rb: created. (file format converter)
+	* bin/install.rb: created. (to install files in bin/)
+	* lib/numru/gphys.rb: to require "gphys_grads_io.rb"
+	* gphys_grads_io.rb: added an RD document
+Wed Nov  5  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: added to_i, to_f and to_type to NArray_type1_methods
+Tue Oct 28  2003  R Mizuta
+	* grads_gridded.rb: bugs fixed and ruby-1.8 support
+	* gphys_grads_io.rb: transforms GrADS into NetCDF in the test code.
+Tue Oct 28  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* varraynetcf.rb: VArrayNetCDF#write: debug unlim-dim treatment etc.
+	  VArrayNetCDF#val=: improved unlimited dim treatment.
+Fri Oct 24  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: enhanced GPhys#mean etc (VArray::NArray_type3_methods)
+	  to accept specification by name
+	* grid.rb: changed Grid#axnames and Grid#lost_axes to duplicate
+	  the resultant array to return.
+Thu Oct 23  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: debug - Binary operators, GPhys#shape_coerce
+	* varray.rb: aliases set_att to put_att
+Wed Oct  1  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* subsetmapping.rb: debug for the irregular mapping
+	* axis.rb: Axis[] was modified to accept NArray and Array
+Fri Sep 26  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.2.1 released
+	* varray.rb,varraycomposite.rb: set_att changed to return self
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: support multiple gphys output in a single
+	  file
+	* testdata/cira86.dat: (added) text file to hold the CIRA86 data
+	* sample/cira86_to_nc.rb: converts the CIRA data into NetCDF file
+	  via GPhys.
+Tue Sep 23  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb,grid.rb: use sprintf("%g",..) to format lost axis info.
+	* varraycomposite.rb: further debug in [].
+	* varray.rb: debug for NArray_type3_methods (NArrayMiss handling)
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: found bug in missing data handling. Not 
+	  fully fixed but disabled -- waiting for the NArrayMiss handling
+	  support by RubyDCL.
+Mon Sep 22  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb: to require "numru/gphys/varraycomposite"
+	* varraycomposite.rb: support the rubber dim. debug in [].
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: NetCDF_IO.open: support multiple files.
+	  Added a RD doc.
+Thu Sep 18  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.2.0 released
+	* doc/grads_gridded.html: (generated from grads_gridded.rb)
+	* gphys.rb,grid.rb,varray.rb,ggraph.rb: added 3rd&4th args to "eval"
+	  for backtrace
+Tue Sep 16  2003  R Mizuta
+	* gphys_grads_io.rb: (created)
+	* varraygrads.rb: (created) 
+	* grads_gridded.rb: (created) classes for GrADS gridded datasets
+	* testdata/T.jan.dat: (created) GrADS binary data
+	* testdata/T.jan.ctl: (created) GrADS control file for T.jan.dat
+Wed Sep  3  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: modified GPhys#axis, GPhys#coord to support spec by	name
+	* varray.rb: added VArray#file
+	* varraynetcdf.rb: added VArrayNetCDF#file
+Tue Sep  2  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.1.0 released
+	* sample/druby_serv2.rb: enhanced to accept a port specified
+	* sample/druby_cli2.rb: changed to use the current GGraph.
+Fri Aug 29  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb: renamed Axis#mean to Axis#average, Axis#integ to 
+	  Axis#integrate (thus renaming Grid#mean and GPhys#mean
+	  to Grid#average and GPhys#average and so on). Test programs are
+	  changed accordingly (axis.rb, grid.rb, gphys.rb, ggraph.rb,
+	  and ggraph_old.rb).
+	* gphys.rb: GPhys#coord added (coord(i) is same as axis(i).pos)
+	* grid.rb,gphys.rb: renamed collapsed_axes to lost_axes
+	* varray.rb: set VArray#attr private. Defined VArray#(set|get)_att
+	  VArray#att_names. Aso changed corresponding to this change are
+	  varraynetcdf.rb, axis.rb, coordtransform.rb, grid.rb
+	  gphys_netcdf_io.rb, varraycomposite.rb, ggraph.rb ggraph_old.rb
+	* varray.rb: added type1 methods such as sort and type2 methods
+	  such as mean, min, max. (type2 had been supported)
+	  Changed gphys.rb accordingly.
+	* gphys.rb: made GPhys#grid protected
+Thu Aug 28  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* grid.rb: modified Grid::[] to support the rubber dimension
+	* gphys.rb: modified GPhys::[] & []= to support the rubber dimension
+Thu Aug 28  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.0.6 released
+Wed Aug 27  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: added RD indexes
+	* ggraph.rb: further built and documentation written. Now it has
+	  a basic graphic functionality.
+Tue Aug 26  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb: refined Axis#[] (no change in behavior). added Axis#cut*
+	* grid.rb: modified Grid#cut* to depend on Axis#cut*
+	* ggraph.rb: further built
+Mon Aug 25  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: added GPhys#cut*
+	* grid.rb: slightly editted
+Mon Aug 25  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.0.5 released
+	* ggraph.rb: slightly enhanced (still underconstruction)
+Fri Aug 22  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: debug VArray#inspect
+	* grid.rb: added Grid#cut, Grid#cut_rank_conserving
+	* ggraph.rb: enhanced (with many changes; but still underconstruction)
+Wed Aug 20  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys.rb: added methods axis and collapsed_axes, so that one
+	  does not have to put like gphys.grid.axis(1). Also added is
+	  rank, which of course must be.
+	* grid.rb: renamed collapsed to collapsed_axes. Updated.
+	* ggraph.rb: slightly modified (still underconstruction)
+	* ggraph_old.rb: Updated
+Tue Aug 19  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* sample/druby_cli1.rb,sample/druby_serv1.rb: updated
+	* sample/druby_cli2.rb,sample/druby_serv2.rb: created
+Sun Aug 11  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.0.4 released
+	* varray.rb: added documentation; minor changes
+	* varraynetcdf.rb,varraycomposite.rb: minor changes
+Sun Aug 10  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* varraycomposite.rb: made to realize a composite VArray class
+	  VArrayComposite.
+Fri Aug  8  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* varray.rb: minor change in inspect.
+	* axis.rb: change implimentation of Axis#mean and Axis#integ
+	  --- to simplify the source code and not to use Proc.
+	  Also, use of the observer pattern to notify addion of similar
+	  methods was eliminated, so to add some has to be done before
+	  Grid or GPhys is loaded.
+	* grid.rb,gphys.rb: minor changes corresponding to the change in
+	  axis.rb (see above).
+Mon Jun 23  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.0.3 released (although the revision is still
+	  underway)
+	* start CVS
+Jun 12-23  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* Many updates such as direcotry reorganization, addition of
+	  coord*.rb, debug, etc.etc.
+Wed Jun 11  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb: loc -> pos
+	* grid.rb: delete attr_reader axes and define axis/set_axis methods
+	* gphys_netcdf_io.rb: define write
+Mon Jun  9  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* axis.rb,grid.rb,gphys.rb: define copy (I will probably change
+	  the name). This is to make a deep clone, which possbly read
+	  data in a file (or files) and store them on memoty.
+Sun Jun  8  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* ggraph.rb: saved and start writing from scratch (far from completed)
+Wed May 14  2003  T Horinouchi
+	* gphys-0.0.2 released