| PV-WAVE widgets [message #609] |
Wed, 06 January 1993 09:58  |
patel
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Registered: August 1992
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I have seen postings on this net concerning IDL widgets
but none concerning the PV_WAVE widgets. I was wondering if
anyone out there has tried out WAVE widgets. I am running
PV-WAVE CL 4.01 with widgets. I like the ease of programming
these widgets. Moreover, we can use any of the Motif (or OL)
widgets also apart from the Wave widgets and also mix them.
I donot know if same things hold true for IDL widgets. IDL user?
Only thing I dislike is passing the parametes by common block.
The program look like FORTRAN programs and I hate the common blocks.
I was wondering if PV-WAVE can come up with something like a global
declarations. This might ease a bit the parameter passing and
make it easy to add/delete parameters to be passed.
I was wondering if someone out there can summarize the pros and cons
of IDL and WAVE widgets.
Maqbool Patel
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| Re: PV-WAVE Widgets [message #2822 is a reply to message #609] |
Mon, 03 October 1994 05:40  |
bertin
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Registered: October 1994
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In article <366b98$dha@elna.ethz.ch> csillag@astro.phys.ethz.ch writes:
> Does somebody knows in what extent the widgets in PV-WAVE (WAVE Widgets) and
> the Widget Toolbox are compatible with the corresponding toolboxes of IDL ?
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> -- Andre
Not at all. IDL widgets are easier to use, but PV-WAVE widgets are more
powerful. WAVE widgets give you more control by allowing more direct
interaction with Xlib. If you're planning on doing some serious UI work
with WAVE widgets, be sure that you have an Xlib reference handy.
Scott J. Bertin
bertin@euler.cpi.com
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| Re: PV-WAVE Widgets [message #2842 is a reply to message #609] |
Mon, 26 September 1994 11:09 |
miller
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Registered: July 1994
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Andre Csillaghy wrote:
: Does somebody knows in what extent the widgets in PV-WAVE (WAVE Widgets) and
: the Widget Toolbox are compatible with the corresponding toolboxes of IDL ?
The two toolboxes are completely independent. You cannot just take
IDL widgets and run them in PV-WAVE or vice-versa. However, I have
done quite a bit of widget programming in both, and I find that it does
not take too much effort to convert one into another, depending on what
types of widgets you are using and the complexity of your application.
--
Gordon Miller Miller@uap.nrl.navy.mil |
SFA, Inc "Lobt Gott!" --+--
Naval Research Lab, Wash DC |
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| Re: PV-WAVE Widgets [message #2844 is a reply to message #609] |
Mon, 26 September 1994 09:14 |
peter
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Registered: February 1994
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Andre Csillaghy (csillag@iem.ee.ethz.ch) wrote:
: Does somebody knows in what extent the widgets in PV-WAVE (WAVE Widgets) and
: the Widget Toolbox are compatible with the corresponding toolboxes of IDL ?
Not even a litle bit. PV-Wave is based pretty closely on Motif, IDL
is their own toolkit (which, somewhere underneath, calls Motif on
certain Unix boxes). From using them both, PV-Wave's is more powerful,
since you can get at the underlying routines; IDL's is easier to use
and substantially more compact to code. YMMV, of course.
Peter
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