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Re: Function Graphics Bugs Depressing [message #78019 is a reply to message #78017]

Fri, 21 October 2011 02:57

lecacheux.alain
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Registered: January 2008

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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...
alx.

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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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