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!HELP_PATH ignored w/ IDL 3.1, VMS? [message #1511] Thu, 02 December 1993 08:39
pendleton is currently offline  pendleton
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Registered: February 1992
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I was wondering if some kind soul out there could confirm or deny my
observation that the !HELP_PATH system variable is ignored in IDL 3.1.0
under VMS.

I perform the following

$ create/directory [.help]
$ set default [.help]
$ copy idl_dir:[help]routines.help []my_routines.help
$ define idl_help_path 'f$environment("default")
$ idl
IDL> print, !help_path
IDL> ?

And though the !HELP_PATH variable is properly defined, my listing of available
help comes from IDL_DIR:[HELP], ignoring the MY_ROUTINES.HELP file in the
current directory.

Does this "bug" appear under VMS IDL 3.5 as well, and is it a real bug or an
operator error?

Thanks for any assistance,

Jim Pendleton, Programmer Analyst/Technical Services Specialist
GRO/OSSE, Dept. Physics & Astronomy
Northwestern University
j-pendleton@nwu.edu (708) 491-2748 (708) 491-3135 [FAX]
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