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Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing [message #78014]

Fri, 21 October 2011 08:55

Paul Van Delst[1]
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alx wrote:
> On 21 oct, 00:33, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>> David Fanning writes:
>>> Yes, all "old" things are preserved.
>> There are a couple of exceptions, I suppose. The WShow
>> command is definitely broken in IDL 8.1 and does
>> really entertaining and weird things when you try
>> to use it. And I do notice quite often that when
>> I try to run a program that doesn't explicitly open
>> a graphics window, but just issues a graphics command
>> that is *suppose* to open a window (plot, contour, etc.)
>> that about every 5th or 6th time I run the program
>> nothing whatsoever happens. Usually, you can just open
>> a graphics window and things work for awhile. Sometimes
>> it is impossible to recover, even with a .reset, and
>> you have to start the Workbench over again.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> David
>>
>> --
>> David Fanning, Ph.D.
>> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
>> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.idlcoyote.com/
>> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
>
> Saying that "The WShow command is definitely broken in IDL 8.1" is not
> exact. It perfectly works when usind the IDL command line. It is only
> "broken" when you are using IDL through the Workbench, that is
> Eclipse...

Hmm. I *never* use the Workbench and when the Wshow weirdness was highlighted I gave it a shot. My tests indicate that
wshow no longer behaves as it once did.

I just did a quick test and, effectively, wshow on my idl 8.1 (linux RHE5) is a noop.

cheers,

paulv

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		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Fri, 21 October 2011 08:55
		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: David Fanning on Fri, 21 October 2011 05:58
		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: lecacheux.alain on Fri, 21 October 2011 02:57
		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 October 2011 15:38
		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 October 2011 15:33
		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: David Fanning on Thu, 20 October 2011 15:26
		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: Matt Francis on Thu, 20 October 2011 15:21
		Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing By: lecacheux.alain on Sat, 22 October 2011 00:45

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