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Re: Need a Coffee Break? [message #77533 is a reply to message #77532]

Thu, 08 September 2011 14:29

David Fanning
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David Fanning writes:

> At least now I might be able to get back to my
> original task, which was to make a filled contour
> plot with a limited number of colors and a
> corresponding color bar. Alas, from everything I've
> learned in the past couple of days, I don't think
> this simple plot is possible in function graphics,
> but I'll press on anyway.

Well, maybe things aren't quite this simple. Now
running the 32-bit version of the Workbench, I went
back to Mark's original program he sent this morning.

The first time I ran it, it crapped out at the Colorbar()
line, but produced an error. All seemed to be well.
I could move the cursor, type in the editor window and
at the command line, etc. But nothing else would happen
in the session. I couldn't even get a simple Plot command
to work.

I killed that IDL session and started the 32-bit version again.
This time when I ran the program, IDL crashed with a fatal
error, but it didn't bring my entire machine down with
it.

I really don't know what is wrong, but clearly any
more colorbar experiments are going to have to be
put off until IDL 8.2 comes out. This current version
doesn't like me at ALL!

I wrote an article this morning asking the question
"Is IDL 8.1 Useable?" I didn't honestly know the answer
when I started the article. But I think after today's
experience the answer for me, anyway, is "No, not at
all!" At least not if I intend in any way to use
the function graphics routines.

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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		Re: Need a Coffee Break? By: Carsten Lechte on Fri, 09 September 2011 01:54
		Re: Need a Coffee Break? By: David Fanning on Thu, 08 September 2011 15:22
		Re: Need a Coffee Break? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 08 September 2011 15:10
		Re: Need a Coffee Break? By: David Fanning on Thu, 08 September 2011 14:29
		Re: Need a Coffee Break? By: David Fanning on Thu, 08 September 2011 14:06
		Re: Need a Coffee Break? By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 08 September 2011 13:49
		Re: Need a Coffee Break? By: Brian Wolven on Thu, 08 September 2011 13:06

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