| Re: online help IDL 6.2 [message #46154] |
Mon, 07 November 2005 11:40 |
R.Bauer
Messages: 1424
Registered: November 1998
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Reiner Hammer wrote:
> Under the new version of idlhelp, it takes many clicks to get to the
> help page that one uses most often, namely the alphabetic list of
> routines: one always has to work through Reference Guides - IDL
> Reference Guide - IDL Command Reference - Procedures and Functions.
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> Does anybody know of a shortcut? Thanks - Reiner
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> --
> Reiner Hammer
> Kiepenheuer-Institut fuer Sonnenphysik - Freiburg, Germany
I often use
? from the idl prompt
IDL> ?plot
this goes directly to the page plot in the online help
For things I often looked on I have set a bookmark.
cheers
Reimar
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| Re: online help IDL 6.2 [message #46180 is a reply to message #46154] |
Fri, 04 November 2005 09:05  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Reiner Hammer writes:
> Under the new version of idlhelp, it takes many clicks to get to the
> help page that one uses most often, namely the alphabetic list of
> routines: one always has to work through Reference Guides - IDL
> Reference Guide - IDL Command Reference - Procedures and Functions.
So, after fooling around for a couple of minutes, there
are a couple of ways to get to these pages you use often.
First, you can always get back to the Home Page, which
has a nice selection of topics by going to the GO menu
and selecting "Home". Or Cntl-Home gets you there. From
there what you looking for is usually less than a couple
of clicks away.
Second, once you find the darn page, you can bookmark it,
just like you would do in your browser. Then you can go
directly there just by selecting the page from your bookmark
list.
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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| Re: online help IDL 6.2 [message #46182 is a reply to message #46180] |
Fri, 04 November 2005 08:48 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Benjamin Hornberger writes:
> I almost exclusively use the index -- almost everything is right there
> at your fingertips.
The index is fabulous if you know what you are doing.
Less helpful, I can assure you, when you are just
starting out. I searched for 10 minutes just yesterday
trying to find that darn function list. How else can
you figure out what statistical routines IDL has?
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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| Re: online help IDL 6.2 [message #46184 is a reply to message #46182] |
Fri, 04 November 2005 08:11 |
Benjamin Hornberger
Messages: 258
Registered: March 2004
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Reiner Hammer wrote:
> Under the new version of idlhelp, it takes many clicks to get to the
> help page that one uses most often, namely the alphabetic list of
> routines: one always has to work through Reference Guides - IDL
> Reference Guide - IDL Command Reference - Procedures and Functions.
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> Does anybody know of a shortcut? Thanks - Reiner
>
I almost exclusively use the index -- almost everything is right there
at your fingertips.
Benjamin
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