| Re: 8.0 Developer Documentation [message #71911] |
Fri, 30 July 2010 05:45  |
Haje Korth
Messages: 651
Registered: May 1997
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Ugh, indeed, a lot of help has gone MIA. Also, the IMSL_ routines are
no longer listed. The PDFs are are still in the distribution, but who
wants to use the pdfs???
On Jul 29, 6:34 pm, Paulo Penteado <pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Indeed, it seems that a lot of the help has disappeared, not only
> regarding the iTools. Which is a serious problem. It seems that the
> contents that used to be in several of the "guides" has disappeared.
> If it is there, I could not find.
>
> For instance, if I now search for DLM, all I find are the help pages
> for dlm_load, dlm_register, and make_dll. In the old help, there used
> to be a lot more, under
>
> IDL Programmers' Guides > External Development Guide > Part III:
> Techniques That Use IDL's Internal API
>
> I also searched and browsed the new help, and could find nowhere the
> description of the IDL_VARIABLE structure, which is in the 7.1 help. I
> was particularly curious about that subject to find out how the
> reference count got included into the pointers and objects while
> keeping compatibility with the older versions.
>
> I have the same question as Erik: Where did those go? How do we get
> them back (and updated)?
>
> It seems it is just a problem with the transition in the documentation
> to the new format, since it is not specific to the iTools - and even
> direct graphics are still around and present in the help.
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| Re: 8.0 Developer Documentation [message #71914 is a reply to message #71911] |
Thu, 29 July 2010 15:34  |
penteado
Messages: 866
Registered: February 2018
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Indeed, it seems that a lot of the help has disappeared, not only
regarding the iTools. Which is a serious problem. It seems that the
contents that used to be in several of the "guides" has disappeared.
If it is there, I could not find.
For instance, if I now search for DLM, all I find are the help pages
for dlm_load, dlm_register, and make_dll. In the old help, there used
to be a lot more, under
IDL Programmers' Guides > External Development Guide > Part III:
Techniques That Use IDL's Internal API
I also searched and browsed the new help, and could find nowhere the
description of the IDL_VARIABLE structure, which is in the 7.1 help. I
was particularly curious about that subject to find out how the
reference count got included into the pointers and objects while
keeping compatibility with the older versions.
I have the same question as Erik: Where did those go? How do we get
them back (and updated)?
It seems it is just a problem with the transition in the documentation
to the new format, since it is not specific to the iTools - and even
direct graphics are still around and present in the help.
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| Re: 8.0 Developer Documentation [message #72005 is a reply to message #71911] |
Fri, 30 July 2010 08:00 |
Doug Edmundson
Messages: 58
Registered: November 2005
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A lot of this has been moved into .../itt/idl/idl80/help/pdf/. If you
still can't find what you're looking for, let me know and I'll relay it
to the docs group.
Cheers,
Doug
On 7/30/10 6:45 AM, Haje Korth wrote:
> Ugh, indeed, a lot of help has gone MIA. Also, the IMSL_ routines are
> no longer listed. The PDFs are are still in the distribution, but who
> wants to use the pdfs???
>
>
> On Jul 29, 6:34 pm, Paulo Penteado<pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Indeed, it seems that a lot of the help has disappeared, not only
>> regarding the iTools. Which is a serious problem. It seems that the
>> contents that used to be in several of the "guides" has disappeared.
>> If it is there, I could not find.
>>
>> For instance, if I now search for DLM, all I find are the help pages
>> for dlm_load, dlm_register, and make_dll. In the old help, there used
>> to be a lot more, under
>>
>> IDL Programmers' Guides> External Development Guide> Part III:
>> Techniques That Use IDL's Internal API
>>
>> I also searched and browsed the new help, and could find nowhere the
>> description of the IDL_VARIABLE structure, which is in the 7.1 help. I
>> was particularly curious about that subject to find out how the
>> reference count got included into the pointers and objects while
>> keeping compatibility with the older versions.
>>
>> I have the same question as Erik: Where did those go? How do we get
>> them back (and updated)?
>>
>> It seems it is just a problem with the transition in the documentation
>> to the new format, since it is not specific to the iTools - and even
>> direct graphics are still around and present in the help.
>
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