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AXP VMS IDL problem with Control_C? [message #3560]

Thu, 23 February 1995 07:39

landsman
Messages: 93
Registered: August 1991

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We are having problems with the Control_C interrupt in VMS IDL running under
AXP OpenVMS 6.1. The first time one calls Control_C it works properly,
as a keyboard interrupt returning one to the IDL prompt. But on subsequent
calls, it behaves like Control_Y and aborts one to the $ prompt. This
problem seems to occur under IDL V3.5, V3.6 and V3.6.1c, but didn't occur
the old operating system V1.5 and doesn't occur on the Vaxes. The problem
can be quite serious as the only way to abort an infinite or long IDL loop is
to abort the session.

Is anyone else familiar with this problem, and possibly found a solution?

Thanks

--Wayne Landsman landsman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Re: AXP VMS IDL problem with Control_C? [message #3748 is a reply to message #3560]

Fri, 24 February 1995 14:53

rivers
Messages: 228
Registered: March 1991

Senior Member

In article <23FEB199510395357@sorbet.gsfc.nasa.gov>, landsman@sorbet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Wayne Landsman (301)-286-3625) writes:
>
> We are having problems with the Control_C interrupt in VMS IDL running under
> AXP OpenVMS 6.1. The first time one calls Control_C it works properly,
> as a keyboard interrupt returning one to the IDL prompt. But on subsequent
> calls, it behaves like Control_Y and aborts one to the $ prompt. This
> problem seems to occur under IDL V3.5, V3.6 and V3.6.1c, but didn't occur
> the old operating system V1.5 and doesn't occur on the Vaxes. The problem
> can be quite serious as the only way to abort an infinite or long IDL loop is
> to abort the session.
>
> Is anyone else familiar with this problem, and possibly found a solution?

We have reported this problem to RSI, and they have told us the bug will be
fixed in the next release. We do NOT have the problem with IDL 3.5 on
VAX/VMS 5.5-2, but we do have it on AXP/VMS 6.1 with IDL 3.6.1a.

Mark Rivers

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