| Re: a question regarding idl path [message #73439] |
Sun, 07 November 2010 06:02 |
Søren Frimann
Messages: 13 Registered: November 2010
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Seems like I simply misunderstood a central point there then -- thanks
alot :-)
On Nov 7, 1:47 pm, Paulo Penteado <pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 7, 11:17 am, Søren Frimann <frim...@phys.au.dk> wrote:
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>> Is there a way to get the system to search for *.pro files in a set of
>> folders _without_ changing the !path system variable?
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> Yes, just change !path.
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>> (Changing !path
>> would also change it for all other sessions that other uses might open
>> subsequently)
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> No. !path (just as any IDL system variable) is local to the current
> IDL session. Not only a change to !path does not affect other users,
> it does not even affect other IDL sessions of the same user.
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| Re: a question regarding idl path [message #73440 is a reply to message #73439] |
Sun, 07 November 2010 05:47  |
penteado
Messages: 866 Registered: February 2018
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On Nov 7, 11:17 am, Søren Frimann <frim...@phys.au.dk> wrote:
> Is there a way to get the system to search for *.pro files in a set of
> folders _without_ changing the !path system variable?
Yes, just change !path.
> (Changing !path
> would also change it for all other sessions that other uses might open
> subsequently)
No. !path (just as any IDL system variable) is local to the current
IDL session. Not only a change to !path does not affect other users,
it does not even affect other IDL sessions of the same user.
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