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Re: Alpha/UNIX rehosting question [message #17755 is a reply to message #17738]

Thu, 11 November 1999 00:00

Liam Gumley
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Registered: November 1994

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Liam Gumley wrote:
>
> wbiagiot@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:
>> In the near term, I might be faced with porting my IDL application from
>> a Win95/98 platform over to an Alpha/UNIX combination. I would like to
>> ask if anyone is currently using IDL in this configuration and if there
>> are any outstanding problems/inconsistancies or anything that I should
>> know. A couple of years ago, I was a Sun Solaris user but have lost my
>> edge after being numbed with MS Windows.
>
> A few things to watch out for:
[suggestions deleted]

One item I forgot to mention. It's possible that Alpha/Unix will use
vector fonts of a different size than Windows. To ensure that vector
fonts are the same size on both platforms:

First, on Windows:

IDL> xsize = !d.x_ch_size
IDL> ysize = !d.y_ch_size
IDL> print, xsize, ysize

Then on UNIX (using the xsize and ysize values from Windows):

IDL> device, set_character_size=[xsize, ysize]

I prefer to enter the following command in the IDL startup file on
whatever platform I'm using:

device, set_character_size=[10, 12]

Cheers,
Liam.

--
Liam E. Gumley
Space Science and Engineering Center, UW-Madison
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley

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