| Another Nice Thing [message #57337] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 07:00  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Folks,
Here is another thing I like about IDL 7.0. If I have
Dynamic Help up, and I hit the question mark button that
says "Show in External Window", then the window pops up
full size on my second monitor! I don't know how it knows
to do that, but I LIKE IT! :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Another Nice Thing [message #57406 is a reply to message #57337] |
Sat, 08 December 2007 09:03  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
> Here is another thing I like about IDL 7.0. If I have
> Dynamic Help up, and I hit the question mark button that
> says "Show in External Window", then the window pops up
> full size on my second monitor! I don't know how it knows
> to do that, but I LIKE IT! :-)
In case you can't tell, I am EXTREMELY confused by this
interface.
Here is my problem now. I am writing some articles for my
web page. I want to describe this neat new feature that
I discovered, but I *can't make it work anymore*!!
OK, I got confused moving windows around, lost a few, etc.
The usual thing with me. So I hit the Reset Perspective
button. Back to normal. Now I go under the Help menu
and choose Dynamic Help. It comes up on the right hand
side where it always does. Fine.
But now the button that used to say "Show in External
Window" won't talk to me at all. I can't tell for sure,
but it appears to be sulking. (You have to have experience
with teenagers.) I click the button anyway. Nothing.
Acts just like the 18-year old.
What in the world is going on here!?
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Another Nice Thing [message #57424 is a reply to message #57337] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 09:29 |
Doug Edmundson
Messages: 58
Registered: November 2005
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David Fanning wrote:
> Doug Edmundson writes:
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>> Whew, I thought we'd get hammered some more! ;-) Actually, this
>> newsgroup is great and a big *thanks* to everyone. Reading about the
>> good, bad and ugly helps direct our efforts for the next release.
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> Even I was getting tired of being so negative. ;-)
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> It helps to have it on a decent machine. I think we need
> to have a discussion about what is the minimum configuration
> necessary to run the darn thing though. And I realize this
> is a parochial concern, but does anyone really expect to see
> that ideal machine in training rooms any time soon? Have you
> tried this on machines in your training room? (Of course,
> you teach ENVI so perhaps your machines are already beefed
> up.) I've got to buy a new laptop, but I am still concerned
> about the maximum resolution of most of the projectors I see
> in training and seminar rooms.
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> Cheers,
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> David
I don't know about the training room machines, but you're probably right
that they have good amounts of RAM given that ENVI manipulates large
files. The IDL developer, QA and doc groups have a fairly wide range of
hardware, at least in terms of CPU power, but I think we're all have at
least 1 GB of RAM, which should be sufficient.
Cheers,
Doug
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| Re: Another Nice Thing [message #57426 is a reply to message #57337] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 08:30 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Doug Edmundson writes:
> Whew, I thought we'd get hammered some more! ;-) Actually, this
> newsgroup is great and a big *thanks* to everyone. Reading about the
> good, bad and ugly helps direct our efforts for the next release.
Even I was getting tired of being so negative. ;-)
It helps to have it on a decent machine. I think we need
to have a discussion about what is the minimum configuration
necessary to run the darn thing though. And I realize this
is a parochial concern, but does anyone really expect to see
that ideal machine in training rooms any time soon? Have you
tried this on machines in your training room? (Of course,
you teach ENVI so perhaps your machines are already beefed
up.) I've got to buy a new laptop, but I am still concerned
about the maximum resolution of most of the projectors I see
in training and seminar rooms.
Cheers,
David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Another Nice Thing [message #57427 is a reply to message #57337] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 08:22 |
Conor
Messages: 138
Registered: February 2007
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Senior Member |
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On Dec 7, 11:19 am, Doug Edmundson <do...@ittvis.com> wrote:
> David Fanning wrote:
>> Folks,
>
>> Here is another thing I like about IDL 7.0. If I have
>> Dynamic Help up, and I hit the question mark button that
>> says "Show in External Window", then the window pops up
>> full size on my second monitor! I don't know how it knows
>> to do that, but I LIKE IT! :-)
>
>> Cheers,
>
>> David
>
> Whew, I thought we'd get hammered some more! ;-) Actually, this
> newsgroup is great and a big *thanks* to everyone. Reading about the
> good, bad and ugly helps direct our efforts for the next release.
>
> Cheers,
> Doug (and colleagues)
Yeah, well, Matlab is so great when I tell it to make a plot for me an
extra monitor materializes on my desk and the plot appears on that!
Ha! Oh wait, I don't use Matlab...
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| Re: Another Nice Thing [message #57428 is a reply to message #57337] |
Fri, 07 December 2007 08:19 |
Doug Edmundson
Messages: 58
Registered: November 2005
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David Fanning wrote:
> Folks,
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> Here is another thing I like about IDL 7.0. If I have
> Dynamic Help up, and I hit the question mark button that
> says "Show in External Window", then the window pops up
> full size on my second monitor! I don't know how it knows
> to do that, but I LIKE IT! :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
Whew, I thought we'd get hammered some more! ;-) Actually, this
newsgroup is great and a big *thanks* to everyone. Reading about the
good, bad and ugly helps direct our efforts for the next release.
Cheers,
Doug (and colleagues)
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| Re: Another Nice Thing [message #57508 is a reply to message #57428] |
Mon, 10 December 2007 13:12 |
mike.walker
Messages: 3
Registered: September 2003
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On Dec 7, 9:19 am, Doug Edmundson <do...@ittvis.com> wrote:
> Whew, I thought we'd get hammered some more! ;-) Actually, this
> newsgroup is great and a big *thanks* to everyone. Reading about the
> good, bad and ugly helps direct our efforts for the next release.
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> Cheers,
> Doug (and colleagues)
I for one appreciate the more... active role rsi/itt has displayed in
this newsgroup. It's great to have a voice from (and to!) the
company.
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