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I have similar problems, using XQuartz 2.2.3 with Mac OS X 10.5.3 on PPC and Intel. I am using idl with Aquamacs idlwave. I found that the mouse buttons work, if X11 is started by idl. However, in this case the window manager closing buttons do NOT work or let even crash idl. You could try to use Terminal for idl to avoid the early start of X11. Caution, under Leopard DISPLAY should NOT be defined! I think X11 under Leopard is still problematic but also related to the idl implementation. These mouse problems I don't have with other X11 related programs like Gimp or Inkscape. Regards Karsten Am Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:15:58 +0200 schrieb Richard G. French <rfrench@wellesley.edu>: > I'm running IDL7.0 and OS X 10.5 on several Intel Macs. > I run IDL from the command line in an xterm generated by Terminal. > > I'm having a variety of cursor-related problems. For example, > > Tvscl,Findgen(300)#Findgen(300) > Zoom > > The middle and right buttons don't perform as expected. I am stuck in > some > endless look and I need to kill the IDL session. > > > I am using a three button mouse, and I've tried the old-fashioned > command: > > defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_click_through -bool true > > This used to do the trick on the old version of X11, but it does not > seem to > help now. > > I am running X11 version 2.1.4. > > Any suggestions on how to get the cursor to work properly in ZOOM? > > > > While I am at it, I get NOTHING when I type ? at the IDL prompt. How can > I > configure my system to have IDL help work again? > > Thanks! > > Dick French > Rfrench at wellesley.edu > -- Erstellt mit Operas revolutionï¿œrem E-Mail-Modul: http://www.opera.com/m2/
That's bad news, Karsten. I have not found a work-around, and not being able to use the cursor is a killer for my widget-based applications. Are you and I the only ones with this problem? Does anyone have a workaround? I have been using Terminal and running IDL from the command line. I can't get the IDL 7.0 Workbench to start at all - it bounces in the Dock and then silently stops. Seems like there is a problem with my IDL 7.0 configuration on the Mac under Leopard but I can't sort it out. Any suggestions? Dick On 6/28/08 5:28 AM, in article op.udgcluuskrbq03@localhost, "Karsten" <karo03de@gmail.com> wrote: > I have similar problems, using XQuartz 2.2.3 with Mac OS X 10.5.3 on PPC > and Intel. > I am using idl with Aquamacs idlwave. > > I found that the mouse buttons work, if X11 is started by idl. However, in > this case the window manager closing buttons do NOT work or let even crash > idl. You could try to use Terminal for idl to avoid the early start of > X11. Caution, under Leopard DISPLAY should NOT be defined! > > I think X11 under Leopard is still problematic but also related to the idl > implementation. These mouse problems I don't have with other X11 related > programs like Gimp or Inkscape. > > Regards > Karsten > > Am Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:15:58 +0200 schrieb Richard G. French > <rfrench@wellesley.edu>: > >> I'm running IDL7.0 and OS X 10.5 on several Intel Macs. >> I run IDL from the command line in an xterm generated by Terminal. >> >> I'm having a variety of cursor-related problems. For example, >> >> Tvscl,Findgen(300)#Findgen(300) >> Zoom >> >> The middle and right buttons don't perform as expected. I am stuck in >> some >> endless look and I need to kill the IDL session. >> >> >> I am using a three button mouse, and I've tried the old-fashioned >> command: >> >> defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_click_through -bool true >> >> This used to do the trick on the old version of X11, but it does not >> seem to >> help now. >> >> I am running X11 version 2.1.4. >> >> Any suggestions on how to get the cursor to work properly in ZOOM? >> >> >> >> While I am at it, I get NOTHING when I type ? at the IDL prompt. How can >> I >> configure my system to have IDL help work again? >> >> Thanks! >> >> Dick French >> Rfrench at wellesley.edu >> > >
... with widget-based applications I had no problems, only with the graphics windows 0 to 31! Maybe you should try to install XQuuartz (http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki). Verify by "$ echo $DISPLAY" in idl that the display variable looks quite uncommon, e.g. /tmp/ launch-tJ12tR/:0 !! On 28 Jun., 14:55, "Richard G. French" <rfre...@wellesley.edu> wrote: > That's bad news, Karsten. I have not found a work-around, and not being able > to use the cursor is a killer for my widget-based applications. Are you and > I the only ones with this problem? Does anyone have a workaround? I have > been using Terminal and running IDL from the command line. > I don't use the Workbench but there were some hints in the list to delete the .idl directory in your home directory! > I can't get the IDL 7.0 Workbench to start at all - it bounces in the Dock > and then silently stops. Seems like there is a problem with my IDL 7.0 > configuration on the Mac under Leopard but I can't sort it out. Any > suggestions? Regards Karsten > > Dick > > On 6/28/08 5:28 AM, in article op.udgcluuskrbq03@localhost, "Karsten" > > <karo0...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have similar problems, using XQuartz 2.2.3 with Mac OS X 10.5.3 on PPC >> and Intel. >> I am using idl with Aquamacs idlwave. > >> I found that the mouse buttons work, if X11 is started by idl. However, in >> this case the window manager closing buttons do NOT work or let even crash >> idl. You could try to use Terminal for idl to avoid the early start of >> X11. Caution, under Leopard DISPLAY should NOT be defined! > >> I think X11 under Leopard is still problematic but also related to the idl >> implementation. These mouse problems I don't have with other X11 related >> programs like Gimp or Inkscape. > >> Regards >> Karsten > >> Am Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:15:58 +0200 schrieb Richard G. French >> <rfre...@wellesley.edu>: > >>> I'm running IDL7.0 and OS X 10.5 on several Intel Macs. >>> I run IDL from the command line in an xterm generated by Terminal. > >>> I'm having a variety of cursor-related problems. For example, > >>> Tvscl,Findgen(300)#Findgen(300) >>> Zoom > >>> The middle and right buttons don't perform as expected. I am stuck in >>> some >>> endless look and I need to kill the IDL session. > >>> I am using a three button mouse, and I've tried the old-fashioned >>> command: > >>> defaults write com.apple.x11 wm_click_through -bool true > >>> This used to do the trick on the old version of X11, but it does not >>> seem to >>> help now. > >>> I am running X11 version 2.1.4. > >>> Any suggestions on how to get the cursor to work properly in ZOOM? > >>> While I am at it, I get NOTHING when I type ? at the IDL prompt. How can >>> I >>> configure my system to have IDL help work again? > >>> Thanks! > >>> Dick French >>> Rfrench at wellesley.edu