comp.lang.idl-pvwave archive: archive

Home » Public Forums » archive » Top 10 IDL Requests

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Re: Top 10 IDL Requests [message #21046 is a reply to message #20935]

Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00

Alex Schuster
Messages: 124
Registered: February 1997

Senior Member

I'll add some suggestions, too.

1) Improve the widgets. I see this barely mentioned in this group, but:
they suck. They really do. Why do I have to use hacks to get keyboard
events? This is ridiculous. And it doesn't work for unusual keys like
Alt-F3. I haven't tried this, but I guess even with menu bars an Alt-F
doesn't open the File menu, does it?
And they don't look good. When I create a row base and some
widget_sliders, cw_fields and cw_bgroups with labels, then the labels
have a different vertical position. At least in IDL 5.2 under Unix which
I am still using, but I would be surprised if this was changed in 5.3.
So when I want a really good-looking interface, I have to create some
small extra bases in which these widgets have an y offset.
Is the 'widget TLB not resizing properly' bug fixed yet? Well, I bet it
isn't. And for me the trick with setting the UPDATE keyword doesn't
always seem to work.

2) I also would prefer it IDL would not remove trailing dimensions of 1
in some cases. I quite often use code like
img = reform( fltarr( x, y, z ), x, y, z )
because z might be 1, but I still want to access the data as 3d image.
Of course old code has to work unchanged, so maybe something like
img=fltarr(x,y,z,/strict ) would do the job.

3) It would be nice if RANDOM() would work correctly in ALL versions of
IDL (including IDL x.y.0), not only in IDL x.y.1. Such bugs make me feel
sad. I use IDL as a scienfic tool, and I need to rely on the correct
implementation of the mathematical routines.

4) When I report a bug to RSI, it would be nice if I got a notification
that it is fixed.

5) The complement to WHERE() is great. Now I would like routines which
give me the intersection of two arrays, the union, and the difference.
These already exist (setintersection.pro etc.), but they were written by
somebody and are not part of the standard distribution.
I'd also like something like an IN operator: a IN b gives 1, if the
scalar a is in the array b.

I think I forgot many points, but the list in long enough already.

Alex
--
Alex Schuster Wonko@weird.cologne.de PGP Key available
alex@pet.mpin-koeln.mpg.de

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Sun, 16 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Harvey Rarback on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Phillip David on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: promashkin on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Liam E. Gumley on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Struan Gray on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Martin Schultz on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Bruce Bowler on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Larry Ashim on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Richard Tyc on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Richard Tyc on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: anne on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: wmc on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Luis Alonso on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Olivier ARCHER on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: hcp on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: richard hilton on Tue, 18 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: dsreyn on Mon, 24 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Jeff Guerber on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: robert.m.candey.1[2] on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: noymer on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: promashkin on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Eric Vella on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Michael Asten on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Michael Asten on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Michael Asten on Fri, 21 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: promashkin on Wed, 19 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: wmc on Wed, 19 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: kashyap on Wed, 19 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Joseph B. Gurman on Wed, 26 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Wed, 26 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: dsreyn on Wed, 26 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Wed, 26 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Larry Ashim on Wed, 26 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: kashyap on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: wmc on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: bradgom on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		LINUX Installation Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Michael Asten on Tue, 25 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Kristian Kjaer on Fri, 28 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Nicolas Decoster on Thu, 27 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Paul van Delst on Mon, 31 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Mark Hadfield on Mon, 31 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Sun, 30 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Liam E. Gumley on Wed, 02 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Wed, 02 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Paul van Delst on Wed, 02 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Liam E. Gumley on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Liam E. Gumley on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Michael Plonski on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Multiple Inheritance (Top 10 IDL Requests) By: Martin Schultz on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Alex Schuster on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Mark Fardal on Thu, 03 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 01 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Mon, 31 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Paul van Delst on Mon, 31 July 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Paul van Delst on Thu, 03 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Benno Puetz on Thu, 03 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Mark Hadfield on Thu, 03 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Wed, 02 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Michael Plonski on Wed, 02 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: promashkin on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Stephen Serjeant on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Nicolas Decoster on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Mark Hadfield on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Nick Bower on Fri, 04 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Jeff Guerber on Thu, 03 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: dominik on Mon, 07 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: ottehoman on Fri, 11 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 10 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Thu, 10 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: John-David T. Smith on Thu, 10 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Thu, 10 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: ottehoman on Thu, 10 August 2000 00:00
		Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: davidf on Sat, 12 August 2000 00:00
		Bottom 10 IDL requests ;-) was: Re: Top 10 IDL Requests By: wmc on Fri, 11 August 2000 00:00

Previous Topic:	avs field
Next Topic:	Dear Santa: PVWAVE Style Date/Time Axes in IDL

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Sat Oct 11 10:52:08 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.48196 seconds