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Re: Widget Question [message #1494] Thu, 16 September 1993 15:40
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scollick@antwrp.enemy.gsfc.nasa.gov (Keith Scollick) writes:

> Here is another question that I forget to put in the last posting.
> In the more current versions of IDL, a widget help window can be invoked
> using '?'. But, the important part is that the "IDL>" prompt still
> accepts commands. How is this done? I've written a widget interface
> and would to do the same.

The way RSI did it is simple, but not very helpful to you I'm afraid. They
rewrote the widget driver for "?" completely in C. In other words, there's no
IDL code being invoked to process the widget events.

C'est la vie,

Bill Thompson
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