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IDL 7 Epiphany [message #58005] Wed, 09 January 2008 13:42 Go to next message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Folks,

OK, it's not EMACS. And I know I'll never be as efficient as
the Big Guy in the corner office using it. But for the first
time since I started working on UNIX machines a couple of
months ago, I enjoyed writing an IDL program today. In fact,
I could think AND type at the very same time. I'm pretty
sure that was never going to happen with me and EMACS.

It's the first version of the Workbench, and there are quirks,
to be sure. (I'll have an updated list later.)

But using IDL was fun again. That's saying something. :-)

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
Re: IDL 7 Epiphany [message #58052 is a reply to message #58005] Fri, 11 January 2008 10:47 Go to previous message
David Fanning is currently offline  David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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There you go! Mission accomplished for ITTVIS. ;-)

Cheers,

David

> On Jan 9, 3:42 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> OK, it's not EMACS. And I know I'll never be as efficient as
>> the Big Guy in the corner office using it. But for the first
>> time since I started working on UNIX machines a couple of
>> months ago, I enjoyed writing an IDL program today. In fact,
>> I could think AND type at the very same time. I'm pretty
>> sure that was never going to happen with me and EMACS.
>>
>> It's the first version of the Workbench, and there are quirks,
>> to be sure. (I'll have an updated list later.)
>>
>> But using IDL was fun again. That's saying something. :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> David
>
> I find this very interesting! Here's my version:
>
> OK, it's not EMACS. But for the first
> time since I started working on WINDOWS machines a couple of
> months ago, I enjoyed writing an IDL program today. In fact,
> I could think AND type at the very same time. I'm pretty
> sure that was never going to happen with me and the old IDLDE.
>
> It's the first version of the Workbench, and there are quirks,
> to be sure. (I'll have an updated list later.)
>
> But using IDL was fun again. That's saying something. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Vince
>

--
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.")
Re: IDL 7 Epiphany [message #58053 is a reply to message #58005] Fri, 11 January 2008 10:31 Go to previous message
Vince Hradil is currently offline  Vince Hradil
Messages: 574
Registered: December 1999
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On Jan 9, 3:42 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> OK, it's not EMACS. And I know I'll never be as efficient as
> the Big Guy in the corner office using it. But for the first
> time since I started working on UNIX machines a couple of
> months ago, I enjoyed writing an IDL program today. In fact,
> I could think AND type at the very same time. I'm pretty
> sure that was never going to happen with me and EMACS.
>
> It's the first version of the Workbench, and there are quirks,
> to be sure. (I'll have an updated list later.)
>
> But using IDL was fun again. That's saying something. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming (www.dfanning.com)
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

I find this very interesting! Here's my version:

OK, it's not EMACS. But for the first
time since I started working on WINDOWS machines a couple of
months ago, I enjoyed writing an IDL program today. In fact,
I could think AND type at the very same time. I'm pretty
sure that was never going to happen with me and the old IDLDE.

It's the first version of the Workbench, and there are quirks,
to be sure. (I'll have an updated list later.)

But using IDL was fun again. That's saying something. :-)

Cheers,

Vince
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