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Re: IDL environment [message #42127 is a reply to message #42126]

Mon, 27 December 2004 21:23

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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judy writes:

> I am a newbe to IDL and looking for information for setting up the
> environment. I did create the ~/idl_startup.pro file to set the
> graphics to true_color=24, also added a directory to the path. I would
> also like to change the idl prompt from something like,
>
> /home/judy/idl>
>
> and have the prompt update to always display the current working
> directory. I have experimented with the !prompt variable, could
> probably create a alias cd.pro program to update the variable every
> time the directory changes, just thought I would ask this group first.
>
> I am currently using,
>
> IDL = Student Edition 6.0.3 (linux x86 m32)
> OS = SuSE 9.0
> Shell= tcsh

I don't think there is any way to change the prompt
like this in a reliable way. You could write your
own "mycd.pro", which called the IDL CD program
and changed the prompt appropriately. And as long
as you only run programs you write, and as long
as you use MYCD instead of CD you will be fine.

But it is hard to live in such isolation. If it
were me, I'd leave the prompt alone and work up
a nice PWD program so you can always find out
what directory you are in when you need to know. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. Oh, what the hell, Merry Christmas!

PRO PWD
CD, Current=thisDir
PRINT, thisDir
END

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/

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		Re: IDL environment By: JD Smith on Thu, 30 December 2004 12:48
		Re: IDL environment By: judy on Wed, 29 December 2004 02:35
		Re: IDL environment By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 28 December 2004 08:16
		Re: IDL environment By: David Fanning on Tue, 28 December 2004 08:02
		Re: IDL environment By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 28 December 2004 07:52
		Re: IDL environment By: R.Bauer on Tue, 28 December 2004 03:03
		Re: IDL environment By: David Fanning on Mon, 27 December 2004 21:23
		Re: IDL environment By: Benjamin Hornberger on Tue, 04 January 2005 11:14

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