| Re: IDLWave Reference Card? [message #37033] |
Thu, 20 November 2003 12:18  |
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Justin[3]
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Registered: November 2003
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I've been using the "in a Nutshell" page but I would prefer a reference
card style doc. I was thinking of doing it in latex - I don't really know
much about TexInfo, but I'd think it would be too hard to get the precise
formatting needed for a ref card from TexInfo. Would you agree?
Justin
JD Smith <jdsmith@as.arizona.edu> wrote in
news:pan.2003.11.20.19.19.30.737345.23808@as.arizona.edu:
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:40:10 -0700, Justin wrote:
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> No handy reference card.... I'd love to have one, though, if you're
> volunteering. There is a quick reference in the manual: look for
> "IDLWAVE in a Nutshell". It's far from complete, and doesn't have the
> nice, dense formatting those you pointed to do. Why don't you take a
> crack starting with the Nutshell, and I'll suggest what else to add
> (variables, etc.). Would this be a TexInfo source?
>
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| Re: IDLWave Reference Card? [message #37037 is a reply to message #37033] |
Thu, 20 November 2003 11:19  |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:40:10 -0700, Justin wrote:
> Hi,
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> Does anyone know of a "Reference Card" for IDLWave? I'm talking about a
> single (doubled-sided) sheet with all the handiest keypresses,
> customisations, etc. Something similar to these ones for emacs:
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> http://www.refcards.com/about/emacs.html
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> And if not (and if no one else offers) I'll bravely volunteer to
> organise an effort to create one, since I find the emacs one so useful.
No handy reference card.... I'd love to have one, though, if you're
volunteering. There is a quick reference in the manual: look for "IDLWAVE
in a Nutshell". It's far from complete, and doesn't have the nice, dense
formatting those you pointed to do. Why don't you take a crack starting
with the Nutshell, and I'll suggest what else to add (variables, etc.).
Would this be a TexInfo source?
Thanks,
JD
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| Re: IDLWave Reference Card? [message #37047 is a reply to message #37046] |
Thu, 20 November 2003 09:57 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Justin writes:
> Does anyone know of a "Reference Card" for IDLWave? I'm talking about a
> single (doubled-sided) sheet with all the handiest keypresses,
> customisations, etc. Something similar to these ones for emacs:
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> http://www.refcards.com/about/emacs.html
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> And if not (and if no one else offers) I'll bravely volunteer to organise
> an effort to create one, since I find the emacs one so useful.
Maybe you are thinking about the IDL Quick Guide, which started
at at two pages and is now (oh, I don't know) 30+ pages.
Cheers,
David
P.S. Let's just say *I* wouldn't want to be starting
out with IDL. I'd probably go with Matlab. :-)
--
David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@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: IDLWave Reference Card? [message #37117 is a reply to message #37033] |
Thu, 20 November 2003 23:37 |
Carsten Dominik
Messages: 45
Registered: February 1998
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>>>> > "k" == kf1zr0y02 <Justin> writes:
k> I've been using the "in a Nutshell" page but I would prefer a reference
k> card style doc. I was thinking of doing it in latex - I don't really know
k> much about TexInfo, but I'd think it would be too hard to get the precise
k> formatting needed for a ref card from TexInfo. Would you agree?
The Emacs reference card is done in TeX - the source is available
from the same website as the pdf and ps versions of the refcard.
http://www.refcards.com/download/emacs-refcard.tex
The easiest way to create a nice-looking refcard for IDLWAVE (great
idea!) will be to modify this TeX file. It also allows for easy
creation of 1,2, and 3 column versions of the reference card.
- Carsten
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