| Re: Is IDL 8.2 Workbench Slow, Too? [message #81403] |
Mon, 17 September 2012 08:27  |
David Fanning
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Mark Piper writes:
> There's an open CR on this (62041). I'll agitate to get it fixed.
Probably from when I sat down with the engineers and pointed this
out to them at the User Group meeting two years ago when IDL 8
first came out. ;-)
> As a workaround, execute an inline main level program to reset the instruction pointer:
> IDL> .r
> - print, 'foo' & end
> % Compiled module: $MAIN$.
> foo
> IDL> help, /traceback
> % At $MAIN$ 1 <Command Input Line>
Thanks for this. It will help. :-)
Cheers,
David
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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.")
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| Re: Is IDL 8.2 Workbench Slow, Too? [message #81405 is a reply to message #81403] |
Mon, 17 September 2012 08:20  |
Mark Piper
Messages: 198
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On Friday, September 14, 2012 12:57:09 PM UTC-6, David Fanning wrote:
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> In IDL 8.2, the Workbench seems to get
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> confused if there is an error in a main-level program.
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> Recompiling doesn't see to get you back to where you
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> were. I seem to get "struck" in a program and can't get
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> out of it. I find myself having to hit the Reset button
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> all the time, just to do what I previously did by
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> recompiling in IDL 7.
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Hi David,
There's an open CR on this (62041). I'll agitate to get it fixed.
As a workaround, execute an inline main level program to reset the instruction pointer:
IDL> .r
- print, 'foo' & end
% Compiled module: $MAIN$.
foo
IDL> help, /traceback
% At $MAIN$ 1 <Command Input Line>
mp
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| Re: Is IDL 8.2 Workbench Slow, Too? [message #81418 is a reply to message #81405] |
Fri, 14 September 2012 11:56 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
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David Fanning writes:
> This is really weird. I just typed XColors and the widget
> came on the display, but wouldn't respond to clicks. I tried
> to close it, but it wouldn't close. After about 20 seconds
> it disappeared. But now it won't appear anymore, even though
> I can get graphics windows to appear.
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> Very, very strange!
I think this weirdness might come about because this IDL 8.2
Workbench does work like the IDL 7.1 Workbench. It may have
something to do with the way I work.
When I am working on a problem, I tend to "play around" at
the IDL main level, and in particular, I write a lot of
main-level programs so that I can quickly compile and
run a fairly lengthy set of commands.
In IDL 7, if there is an error in my main-level program
(happens frequently), no problem, I just fix the error,
hit the Compile button, and off I go.
In IDL 8.2, the Workbench seems to get
confused if there is an error in a main-level program.
Recompiling doesn't see to get you back to where you
were. I seem to get "struck" in a program and can't get
out of it. I find myself having to hit the Reset button
all the time, just to do what I previously did by
recompiling in IDL 7.
Unfortunately, I don't like to hit the Reset button, because
I have often read data into variables that I am working with.
Hitting Reset means I have to go read the data over again.
This *really* slows things down.
Is it just me, or is anyone else having problems like this?
Cheers,
David
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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.")
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| Re: Is IDL 8.2 Workbench Slow, Too? [message #81423 is a reply to message #81418] |
Fri, 14 September 2012 06:19 |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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David Fanning writes:
> Alright, I expect IDL 8.2 function graphics routines to be
> slow. But, is the Workbench slow, too?
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> I was just editing a file, and I hit the Compile button.
> I had to wait for about 10-15 seconds for something to
> happen. I've noticed this delay a LOT. Yesterday, in fact,
> I rebooted my machine, thinking maybe something was
> wrong there. I even ran a virus scan to be sure I hadn't
> been infected with something.
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> Has anyone else noticed this?
This is really weird. I just typed XColors and the widget
came on the display, but wouldn't respond to clicks. I tried
to close it, but it wouldn't close. After about 20 seconds
it disappeared. But now it won't appear anymore, even though
I can get graphics windows to appear.
Very, very strange!
Cheers,
David
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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.")
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| Re: Is IDL 8.2 Workbench Slow, Too? [message #82718 is a reply to message #81403] |
Sun, 13 January 2013 13:22 |
Mark Piper
Messages: 198
Registered: December 2009
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On Monday, September 17, 2012 9:27:25 AM UTC-6, David Fanning wrote:
> Mark Piper writes:
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>> There's an open CR on this (62041). I'll agitate to get it fixed.
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Fixed. (Thanks, Scott E!) This will be in IDL 8.2.2, due out in the beginning of February.
mp
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