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up/down arrows not working in IDLDE [message #32566] Tue, 15 October 2002 07:30 Go to next message
Bruce Bowler is currently offline  Bruce Bowler
Messages: 128
Registered: September 1998
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Oddball problem...

I'm running IDL 5.5a on a redhat 7.2 system.

In IDLDE, the up and down arrow keys don't move the cursor up and down in
the "view" window. The left and right arrows work fine in the view
window. The up and down arrows seem to work fine in all the other
applications that I've tried.

Any ideas?

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Re: up/down arrows not working in IDLDE [message #32606 is a reply to message #32566] Sat, 19 October 2002 14:09 Go to previous message
R.Bauer is currently offline  R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998
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Rick Towler wrote:

>
> "Reimar Bauer" <R.Bauer@fz-juelich.de> wrote
>> Bruce Bowler wrote:
>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 03:04:47 -0400, Reimar Bauer put fingers to
>>> keyboard and said:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Bruce Bowler wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:20:21 -0400, Reimar Bauer put fingers to
>>>> >keyboard and said:
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >>Bruce Bowler wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>>On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 10:30:25 -0400, Bruce Bowler put fingers to
>>>> >>>keyboard and said:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>>Oddball problem...
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>I'm running IDL 5.5a on a redhat 7.2 system.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>In IDLDE, the up and down arrow keys don't move the cursor up and
>>>> >>>>down in the "view" window. The left and right arrows work fine in
>>>> >>>>the view window. The up and down arrows seem to work fine in all
> the
>>>> >>>>other applications that I've tried.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>Any ideas?
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>I hate following up to my own posts, but not as much as I hate
> leaving
>>>> >>>out details... The up/down arrows *WORK* in the "command" window.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>Please switch your terminal into "linux console" then it works.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >Huh??? I don't understand what you mean...
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> Did you know this article:
>>>> http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/commandedit.html
>>>
>>>
>>> No, I didn't, but I do now. Perhaps I'm being exceedingly dense, but
>>> what is the "console window"? When I right click on the window where I
>>> have this problem (remember, it's ONLY the up/down arrows that don't
> work
>>> and ONLY in the "view" window, in the "command" window they work fine),
>>> there isn't an option that says anything about "linux console" or
>>> anything even similar.
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>
>> Dear Bruce,
>>
>> what kind of desktop are you using is it kde or what is it?
>>
>> Where did you type ls to list a directory? Normally this is a console.
>>
>> Hope this helps a bit
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Reimar
>
>
> Bruce's problem is with IDLDE, not with command recall in his terminal so
> the above tip doesn't help. Maybe his mistake is using IDLDE and not
> using IDLWAVE but maybe he came from win32 land and is having a hard time
> giving IDLDE up.

Normally at our systems this is the same problem. Did you have other
experiences?

Reimar


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Re: up/down arrows not working in IDLDE [message #32608 is a reply to message #32566] Fri, 18 October 2002 12:50 Go to previous message
Bruce Bowler is currently offline  Bruce Bowler
Messages: 128
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 11:52:10 -0400, Rick Towler put fingers to keyboard
and said:

> It's o.k. Bruce. I fear the day object graphics runs as fast in Linux
> as in windows and I have to leave the comfort of IDLDE and learn
> IDLWAVE. But maybe you should give it a try? They way some of these
> guys are talking about it sounds like IDLWAVE practically writes your
> code for you!
>
> -Rick

I have, in fact, pretty much dumped idlde after spending a few days in
idlwave. Now if I could only find the "let us write the code for you"
menu option :-).

The "really weird" (tm) part (what part of IDL doesn't have some "really
weird" component?) is that once, I accidentally typed idlde and all the
arrow keys worked! Go figya...

Off to learn more about idlwave...

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