| Re: Rumors about new plotting software in IDL [message #5224 is a reply to message #5222] |
Tue, 31 October 1995 00:00  |
Ann_Mazuk
Messages: 5
Registered: November 1993
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In article <472svd$s0a@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
thompson@achilles.nascom.nasa.gov (William Thompson) wrote:
> I've heard a rumor that RSI is planning to change their plotting
software in an
> upcoming release of IDL. From what I hear, the new software will not be
> downwardly compatible with the old software. Supposedly, user's will be
> initially given the option of using either the old or new methods, but
> eventually, the old software will be phased out.
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> Does anybody know anything more definite about this? I'm very concerned about
> backwards compatibility. Making a new version of IDL that isn't compatible
> with all our current software only pours flames on the debate about whether we
> should look for something to replace it with.
>
> Of course, I may have this hopelessly garbled. I'm only repeating what
I heard
> second hand. Thus, take what I say with a grain of salt. The point of this
> post is to try to get more detailed information.
>
I cannot confirm or deny the rumors, but the routines PLOT_IO, PLOT_OI and
PLOT_OO are now obsolete and undocumented, however they do still work.
Instead, the user is supposed to use the keywords XLOG, YLOG, and ZLOG in
the PLOT routine. I saw this in the IDL Online Help under New Keywords to
Existing Routines. When I first saw this, I assumed that RSI was going to
do away with the routines in future releases of IDL. We, too, have a lot
of software we have developed that uses the plot routines, so it would be
ashame if it would not be downwardly compatible with older versions.
> Bill Thompson
Ann
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