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Re: idl and MS word [message #58322]

Mon, 28 January 2008 07:14

Brian Larsen
Messages: 270
Registered: June 2006

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That all being said, I find that it never fails that folks forget to
use the save as text file and it causes all sorts or annoyance. I
personally am an aquamacs on my mac guy but I find for windows and
without all the crazy key bindings that notepad++ works well, is easy
to understand, and just works well. You can get it at:
http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Cheers,

Brian

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Brian Larsen
Boston University
Center for Space Physics

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Re: idl and MS word [message #58325 is a reply to message #58322]

Mon, 28 January 2008 07:05

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

elwood writes:

> I'm running the new workbench under windows xp and teaching a
> numerical physics class using it.
> Many interesting features have popped up (but thats a story for a
> different post)
>
> I know that ms word cannot be used to created idl .pros cuz it inserts
> all sorts of wierd characters.
>
> But to convince my students of this fact, I was wondering if there was
> a doc SOMEWHERE
> in the idl help pages that states which editors are suitable for
> creating idl programs
> OUTSIDE the workbench.

Microsoft Word would work fine if you saved the files
as Plain Text files (*.txt) and not regular (*.doc)
or Rich Text Format (*.rtf) files. You don't need
a help page. Any editor that saves plain text files
can be used.

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: idl and MS word [message #58420 is a reply to message #58322]

Mon, 28 January 2008 07:19

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Brian Larsen writes:

> That all being said, I find that it never fails that folks forget to
> use the save as text file and it causes all sorts or annoyance. I
> personally am an aquamacs on my mac guy but I find for windows and
> without all the crazy key bindings that notepad++ works well, is easy
> to understand, and just works well. You can get it at:
> http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm

Oh, well, if we are talking about our favorite text editors,
I *love* NoteTab Pro. I think it costs $5 and has all kinds of
neat features. I use it exclusively to write my HTML code.
There is a free version, too.

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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