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IDL FAQ
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description: The IDL FAQ is posted on or about the 20th of each month Only the plain text version of the FAQ is posted to the news group. Version 3.17 of the IDL FAQ is included below. Changes in version 3.17: . Added new question: Where can I find online manuals and tutorials? as G15 . Added Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming to questions G13 and G15. . Added E. Scott Claflin's IDL Help for Advanced Users to G15 The HTML version of the IDL FAQ is available at: ftp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/www/s1r/idl/idl_faq/idl_faq.html Ray Sterner sterner@tesla.jhuapl.edu The Johns Hopkins University North latitude 39.16 degrees. Applied Physics Laboratory West longitude 76.90 degrees. Laurel, MD 20723-6099 WWW Home page: ftp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/www/s1r/people/res/res.html ============================================================ ============== IDL (Interactive Data Language) FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about the Interactive Data Language (IDL). Archive-name: idl-faq Last-modified: 1996 Dec 4 Version: 3.17 Latest IDL FAQ: See Appendix A02. FAQ maintainer: Ray Sterner Email: sterner@tesla.jhuapl.edu Changes in version 3.17: . Added new question: Where can I find online manuals and tutorials? as G15 . Added Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming to questions G13 and G15. . Added E. Scott Claflin's IDL Help for Advanced Users to G15 Previous changes may be found in Appendix A04. Introduction This is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the Interactive Data Language or IDL. These questions pop up fairly regularly in the newsgroup comp.lang.idl-pvwave. This list is an attempt to cut down on net traffic regarding commonly asked questions. Users are encouraged to read through this list before posting a query to the newsgroup. As of 1994 Oct 27 Ray Sterner has been maintaining the IDL FAQ. Mike Schienle was handling this previously, and Patrick Ryan before him; much of the material and many of the comments here were compiled by them. A Note from the editor about PV~WAVE: I do not have any direct exper…
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date: 1996-12-23T08:00:00-00:00