Deprecated GMT Defaults Names

Since GMT 5, we have organized the GMT default parameters logically by group and renamed several to be easier to remember and to group. Old and new names can be found in the table below. In addition, a few defaults are no longer recognized, such as N_COPIES, PS_COPIES, DOTS_PR_INCH, GMT_CPTDIR, PS_DPI, and PS_EPS, TRANSPARENCY.

Old Name in GMT 4

New Name since GMT 5

ANNOT_FONT_PRIMARY

FONT_ANNOT_PRIMARY

ANNOT_FONT_SECONDARY

FONT_ANNOT_SECONDARY

ANNOT_FONT_SIZE_PRIMARY

FONT_ANNOT_PRIMARY

ANNOT_FONT_SIZE_SECONDARY

FONT_ANNOT_SECONDARY

ANNOT_MIN_ANGLE

MAP_ANNOT_MIN_SPACING

ANNOT_OFFSET_PRIMARY

MAP_ANNOT_OFFSET_PRIMARY

ANNOT_OFFSET_SECONDARY

MAP_ANNOT_OFFSET_SECONDARY

BASEMAP_AXES

MAP_FRAME_AXES

BASEMAP_FRAME_RGB

MAP_DEFAULT_PEN

BASEMAP_TYPE

MAP_FRAME_TYPE

CHAR_ENCODING

PS_CHAR_ENCODING

D_FORMAT

FORMAT_FLOAT_OUT

DEGREE_SYMBOL

MAP_DEGREE_SYMBOL

ELLIPSOID

PROJ_ELLIPSOID

FIELD_DELIMITER

IO_COL_SEPARATOR

FRAME_PEN

MAP_FRAME_PEN

FRAME_WIDTH

MAP_FRAME_WIDTH

GLOBAL_X_SCALE

PS_SCALE_X

GLOBAL_Y_SCALE

PS_SCALE_Y

GRID_CROSS_SIZE_PRIMARY

MAP_GRID_CROSS_SIZE_PRIMARY

GRID_CROSS_SIZE_SECONDARY

MAP_GRID_CROSS_SIZE_SECONDARY

GRID_PEN_PRIMARY

MAP_GRID_PEN_PRIMARY

GRID_PEN_SECONDARY

MAP_GRID_PEN_SECONDARY

GRIDFILE_FORMAT

IO_GRIDFILE_FORMAT

GRIDFILE_SHORTHAND

IO_GRIDFILE_SHORTHAND

HEADER_FONT_SIZE

FONT_TITLE

HEADER_FONT

FONT_TITLE

HEADER_OFFSET

MAP_TITLE_OFFSET

HISTORY

GMT_HISTORY

HSV_MAX_SATURATION

COLOR_HSV_MAX_S

HSV_MAX_VALUE

COLOR_HSV_MAX_V

HSV_MIN_SATURATION

COLOR_HSV_MIN_S

HSV_MIN_VALUE

COLOR_HSV_MIN_V

INPUT_CLOCK_FORMAT

FORMAT_CLOCK_IN

INPUT_DATE_FORMAT

FORMAT_DATE_IN

INTERPOLANT

GMT_INTERPOLANT

LABEL_FONT

FONT_LABEL

LABEL_OFFSET

MAP_LABEL_OFFSET

LINE_STEP

MAP_LINE_STEP

MAP_SCALE_FACTOR

PROJ_SCALE_FACTOR

MEASURE_UNIT

PROJ_LENGTH_UNIT

NAN_RECORDS

IO_NAN_RECORDS

OBLIQUE_ANNOTATION

MAP_ANNOT_OBLIQUE

OUTPUT_CLOCK_FORMAT

FORMAT_CLOCK_OUT

OUTPUT_DATE_FORMAT

FORMAT_DATE_OUT

OUTPUT_DEGREE_FORMAT

FORMAT_GEO_OUT

PAGE_COLOR

PS_PAGE_COLOR

PAGE_ORIENTATION

PS_PAGE_ORIENTATION

PAPER_MEDIA

PS_MEDIA

PLOT_CLOCK_FORMAT

FORMAT_CLOCK_MAP

PLOT_DATE_FORMAT

FORMAT_DATE_MAP

PLOT_DEGREE_FORMAT

FORMAT_GEO_MAP

POLAR_CAP

MAP_POLAR_CAP

PS_COLOR

COLOR_HSV_MAX_V

TICK_LENGTH

MAP_TICK_LENGTH_PRIMARY|SECONDARY

TICK_PEN

MAP_TICK_PEN_PRIMARY|SECONDARY

TIME_FORMAT_PRIMARY

FORMAT_TIME_PRIMARY_MAP

TIME_FORMAT_SECONDARY

FORMAT_TIME_SECONDARY_MAP

UNIX_TIME_FORMAT

FORMAT_TIME_STAMP

UNIX_TIME_POS

MAP_LOGO_POS

UNIX_TIME

MAP_LOGO

VECTOR_SHAPE

MAP_VECTOR_SHAPE

VERBOSE

GMT_VERBOSE

WANT_LEAP_SECONDS

TIME_LEAP_SECONDS

X_ORIGIN

MAP_ORIGIN_X

XY_TOGGLE

IO_LONLAT_TOGGLE

Y_AXIS_TYPE

MAP_ANNOT_ORTHO

Y_ORIGIN

MAP_ORIGIN_Y

Y2K_OFFSET_YEAR

TIME_Y2K_OFFSET_YEAR

Note: While TIME_LEAP_SECONDS is a recognized keyword it is currently not implemented and has no effect. We reserve the right to enable this feature in the future.