| Re: IDL 5.3 on NT newbie annoyances [message #18836] |
Tue, 08 February 2000 00:00 |
Liam E. Gumley
Messages: 378
Registered: January 2000
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Richard Tyc <richt@sbrc.umanitoba.ca> wrote in message
news:87pqtt$b27$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca...
> I recently ported my IDL work to Windows NT from an SGI unix box. In the
> process, I also upgraded to IDL5.3.
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> A few hings annoy me so far which I hope some have solved:
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> 1. In Unix I was able to highlight text with a mouse in one window, move
the
> cursor to a new location, right click mouse and voila - copied instantly.
I
> didn't have to highlight, right click-copy, move cursor, right-click
paste.
> Can Windows NT be configured to act like a unix box (Motif) in this way ?
That's just the way it is in Windows.
> 2. Further to this point regarding IDL. If I wanted to copy a mult-line
IDL
> command separated by $ from say the program code window to the command
line
> using the mouse, in unix you could do directly that, hit enter and the
> command successfully ran. In Windows, it seems to only paste the first
line
> up to the $ sign ??
Ditto.
> 3. I notice during long command executions, the mouse does not turn to
> hourglass in Windows NT (or is this a 5.3 thing - I never ran 5.3 on Unix
> only 5.2.1)
Ditto.
> 4. Anyone have any good code samples on handling fonts on both unix and Nt
> platforms properly to make the app look the same in both ??
Mike Schienle does:
http://www.ivsoftware.com/IV_FontGen.html
Cheers,
Liam.
http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/~gumley
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| Re: IDL 5.3 on NT newbie annoyances [message #18842 is a reply to message #18836] |
Tue, 08 February 2000 00:00  |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Senior Member |
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Richard Tyc (richt@sbrc.umanitoba.ca) writes:
> I recently ported my IDL work to Windows NT from an SGI unix box. In the
> process, I also upgraded to IDL5.3.
>
> A few things annoy me so far which I hope some have solved:
>
> 1. In Unix I was able to highlight text with a mouse in one window, move the
> cursor to a new location, right click mouse and voila - copied instantly. I
> didn't have to highlight, right click-copy, move cursor, right-click paste.
> Can Windows NT be configured to act like a unix box (Motif) in this way ?
>
> 2. Further to this point regarding IDL. If I wanted to copy a mult-line IDL
> command separated by $ from say the program code window to the command line
> using the mouse, in unix you could do directly that, hit enter and the
> command successfully ran. In Windows, it seems to only paste the first line
> up to the $ sign ??
>
> 3. I notice during long command executions, the mouse does not turn to
> hourglass in Windows NT (or is this a 5.3 thing - I never ran 5.3 on Unix
> only 5.2.1)
You need to contact technical support ASAP. Here is the
e-mail address: bill@microsoft.com. And while you're at
it, ask them when we can expect Windows 2000.1.
Cheers,
David
--
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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