| Strange behavior on Unix [message #18728] |
Tue, 01 February 2000 00:00  |
Dave Brennan
Messages: 28
Registered: December 1998
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Hi,
Has anyone notice strange behavior from IDL 5.3 on unix systems? (Apart
from bad programming!)
I have noticed 2 things.
1) When saving programs and then compiling them to run the compiler, on
occasion, complains of syntax errors.
When I check what the problem is, I find that strange characters appear
within the code (often near where I have edited) that resemble r's in
subscript. Why do these appear? When I delete them the code works fine
again.
2) If I have run a program which has finished, and I now edit the
program, the processor on my sun continues to run at 100%. This is only
resolved by exiting IDL and restarting.
These problems seem to have appeared only in IDL 5.3. Could it be
related to the new colour editor now supplied with unix versions of IDL.
If others have noticed this I will mention it to .
Hopefully, there will be enough unix users to convince Research Systems
to repair the bugs. (Sorry I am still grumpy about the lack of unix
GUI!)
Cheers
Dave B
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| Re: Strange behavior on Unix [message #18905 is a reply to message #18728] |
Thu, 10 February 2000 00:00  |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Senior Member |
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Patrick Broos (patb@astro.psu.edu) writes:
> Here at Penn State we're sticking with IDL 5.2 indefinately because
> idlde under 5.3 (in Solaris) cannot deal with .pro files that are longer
> than about 1800 lines. RSI acknowleges the bug, says it's only Solaris
> and 5.3, and says they probably won't fix it until 5.4. It really stinks
> to be loyal to an OS (unix) that has so little market leverage.
The alternative is to join the Microsoft baggy-eye brigade
and spend your weekend wee-hours trying to get your machine
stable again. I'll say this for the pain: it takes your mind
off IDL's deficiencies. :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. I heard from someone this week who wanted to install
Internet Explorer 5 on Windows NT 4. His IDL 5.3 installation
went all to hell. Finally, RSI technical support told him the two
pieces of software don't work together. Can't run IE5 and
projects together, I guess. This came as news to me, since
I've been running that particular combination of software
in what I thought was a successful fashion for several months
now. Let's just say I'm turning really, really red from
holding my breath. :-(
The bottom line is this: even with buggy software, American
worker production was up 5% last year. *Something* must be
working right!
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155
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| Re: Strange behavior on Unix [message #19358 is a reply to message #18728] |
Wed, 08 March 2000 00:00 |
Chris Mulliss
Messages: 5
Registered: March 2000
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Junior Member |
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Yep,
I have noticed the problem with IDL 5.3 inserting the "r"-like
character. I have also found that this often occurs when you cut-and-paste
or otherwise edit text.
RSI told me that they bought the editor portion of the IDLDE environment
from a software firm - guess they should have programmed it themselves.
-chris
Dave Brennan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone notice strange behavior from IDL 5.3 on unix systems? (Apart
> from bad programming!)
>
> I have noticed 2 things.
>
> 1) When saving programs and then compiling them to run the compiler, on
> occasion, complains of syntax errors.
> When I check what the problem is, I find that strange characters appear
> within the code (often near where I have edited) that resemble r's in
> subscript. Why do these appear? When I delete them the code works fine
> again.
>
> 2) If I have run a program which has finished, and I now edit the
> program, the processor on my sun continues to run at 100%. This is only
> resolved by exiting IDL and restarting.
>
> These problems seem to have appeared only in IDL 5.3. Could it be
> related to the new colour editor now supplied with unix versions of IDL.
>
> If others have noticed this I will mention it to .
>
> Hopefully, there will be enough unix users to convince Research Systems
> to repair the bugs. (Sorry I am still grumpy about the lack of unix
> GUI!)
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave B
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| Re: Strange behavior on Unix [message #19359 is a reply to message #18728] |
Wed, 08 March 2000 00:00 |
Chris Mulliss
Messages: 5
Registered: March 2000
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Junior Member |
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Nope,
I have the same problem running IDL 5.3 on an SGI (IRIX 6.5). They told
me that they couldn't reproduce the error in their labs.
-Chris
Patrick Broos wrote:
> Here at Penn State we're sticking with IDL 5.2 indefinately because
>
> idlde under 5.3 (in Solaris) cannot deal with .pro files that are longer
>
> than about 1800 lines. RSI acknowleges the bug, says it's only Solaris
>
> and 5.3, and says they probably won't fix it until 5.4. It really stinks
>
> to be loyal to an OS (unix) that has so little market leverage.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pat
> ============================================================ ========
> Patrick S. Broos, Systems Analyst/Programmer patb@astro.psu.edu
>
> Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics My office 814-863-5505
> Penn State University
> 525 Davey Lab FAX 814-863-8686
> University Park, PA 16802-6305
> http://www.astro.psu.edu Group office 863-9550
> ============================================================ ========
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