| Setting the IDL Path [message #72808] |
Mon, 04 October 2010 14:13 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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Mark Piper writes:
> Check! It's now on the list. This would help me, too, because I've
> been confused by the many different ways to set path, as well as the
> precedence of these different ways. Maybe we could discuss what
> particular topics should go into this webinar?
I have a bad feeling there is not going to be
One Right Way. For example, I *never* let IDL
anywhere near my !PATH. I want to manage it
completely myself, so I know what is what.
Dick Jackson, who is as good an IDL programmer
as anyone I know, tells me he *always* lets
IDL manage his !PATH. Yikes!!
If we assume that is the yin and the yang of it, I
wonder where everyone else falls out?
Personally, if I am using a Workbench, I set my
path in the IDL Preferences, and make sure none
of my projects "update" the path. If I'm not using
a workbench, I set my IDL path in my startup file,
using EXPAND_PATH to find sub-directories, as at the
end of this article.
http://www.dfanning.com/misc_tips/idlsetup.html
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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