| 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
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> IDL Programmers' Guides > External Development Guide > Part III:
> Techniques That Use IDL's Internal API
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> 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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