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Folks, Yikes! I crashed IDL so hard just a moment ago doing some object programming, I had to reboot my computer. Now, when I open IDL up all my projects are gone, etc. What the hell just happened!? David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:02:21 AM UTC-6, David Fanning wrote: > Folks, > > > > Yikes! I crashed IDL so hard just a moment ago doing some object > > programming, I had to reboot my computer. Now, when I open IDL up all my > > projects are gone, etc. What the hell just happened!? > > > > David > > > > -- > > David Fanning, Ph.D. > > Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. > > Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ > > Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.") Hi David, I can't explain why, but when the workbench crashes, it sometimes leaves corrupted workspace directory contents that aren't parsed correctly the next time around. A work-around is to restore a known set of working files. If you're running Windows 7, can you navigate in Windows Explorer to your C:\Users\"coyote"\IDLWokspace83 folder, right click and select "Restore previous versions", then pull up a backup copy? Any chance the workbench disappeared when you tried to use the File/Save dialog? I'm looking for other victims of that behavior so people in the building will stop calling me crazy. For that reason, anyway. Jim P.
Jim P writes: >> Yikes! I crashed IDL so hard just a moment ago doing some object >> programming, I had to reboot my computer. Now, when I open IDL up > >> all my projects are gone, etc. What the hell just happened!? >> > I can't explain why, but when the workbench crashes, it sometimes leaves corrupted workspace directory contents that aren't parsed correctly the next time around. > > A work-around is to restore a known set of working files. > > If you're running Windows 7, can you navigate in Windows Explorer to your C:\Users\"coyote"\IDLWokspace83 folder, right click and select "Restore previous versions", then pull up a backup copy? Why, yes, I certainly can! That's a good trick! Thanks. :-) > Any chance the workbench disappeared when you tried to use the File/Save dialog? I'm looking for other victims of that behavior so people in the building will stop calling me crazy. For that reason, anyway. Well, I was doing something pretty stupid, I guess, and had gotten myself into some kind of infinite loop. I guess you know you're getting old when you can't even figure out how your own damn programs work. :-( As long as we are talking tricks. Sometimes I want to have more than one workspace. For example, I'd like to have a teaching workspace. But, I don't want to go to all the trouble of setting it up from scratch. Is there a way to tell IDL "I want you to copy my current workspace setup and install it over there", where I can then modify it to my liking? Thanks, again. Very helpful. Cheers, David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 11:02:21 AM UTC-6, David Fanning wrote: > Folks, > > > > Yikes! I crashed IDL so hard just a moment ago doing some object > > programming, I had to reboot my computer. Now, when I open IDL up all my > > projects are gone, etc. What the hell just happened!? > > > > David > > > > -- > > David Fanning, Ph.D. > > Fanning Software Consulting, Inc. > > Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ > > Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.") How about just copying your C:\Users\"coyote"\IDLWokspace83 to C:\Users\"coyote"\IDLWokspace83_MoBettah, then selecting that workspace at startup while the first is already open? I don't know of a quick way to change the default other than through the prompt when one is locked. I'll bet there are Eclipse tricks for this. Maybe something is editable in C:\Users\"coyote"\.idl\idlworkbench-config-idl8.3.0_x86_64\.settings? Jim P.