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Re: IDL program [message #40271 is a reply to message #37687]

Thu, 29 July 2004 14:15

Paul Van Delst[1]
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David Fanning wrote:
> Wayne Landsman writes:
>
>
>> Anyone have any suggestions on a machine-independent way to have an IDL
>> program open a Web page? (For example, a HELP button on widget that
>> makes reference to a Web page.) Presumably, I would need to SPAWN to
>> some utility... Thanks, --Wayne Landsman
>
>
> If the web page exists locally, this works nicely:
>
> IDL> ONLINE_HELP, BOOK='C:/CoyoteGuide/index.html'
>
> You can open up PDF and HTML files this way in a
> machine independent way. I don't know about an
> external web page.

Hmm.

IDL> online_help, book='~/MyWebStuff/Fortran90/Instrument_Information/SpcCoeff /Main.html'
IDL> /usr/local/rsi/idl_6.0/bin/online_help_html: line 104: netscape: command not found

Is there any way to specify a different browser? I'd check the online help, but acroread
for linux doesn't have a search plugin. :o(

paulv

p.s. I was reading "Hope's Horizon" on the metro last night and there's a whole chapter in
there mostly dedicated to the idea, and, tangentially, the embodiment, of the Coyote, the
littel Trickster.

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		IDL Programmer Seeking Sabbatical Position By: David Fanning on Fri, 16 January 2004 12:23
		Re: IDL program By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 29 July 2004 16:20
		Re: IDL program By: R.Bauer on Mon, 02 August 2004 10:05
		Re: IDL program By: David Fanning on Thu, 29 July 2004 14:23
		Re: IDL program By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 29 July 2004 14:15
		Re: IDL program By: David Fanning on Thu, 29 July 2004 13:05

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