| Re: Is there a way for a routine to know wether it was launched via commandline IDL or from within IDLDE? [message #82656] |
Thu, 10 January 2013 08:46 |
p_torres
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Registered: January 2013
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Perfect, Thank you
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:41:54 AM UTC-8, wlandsman wrote:
> Examine the structure output of fstat(-1)
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> idl> print,(stat(-1)).isagui will be true for the DE but not for a terminal
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> On Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:27:25 AM UTC-5, p_to...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
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>> Why I ask is: If a routine is launched from within the DE I would like it to display some info via a gui and if it were launched via a terminal then I would like the information printed out at the terminal. An example would be a progress bar. From the DE a nice gui progress bar shown and from the terminal just a textual output of percent complete.
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>> I was looking for a system variable that had this info but could not find one. Hopefully there is a simple solution and I'm just not seeing it.
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>> Pete
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| Re: Is there a way for a routine to know wether it was launched via commandline IDL or from within IDLDE? [message #82659 is a reply to message #82657] |
Thu, 10 January 2013 07:41  |
wlandsman
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Registered: June 2000
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Examine the structure output of fstat(-1)
e.g.
idl> print,(stat(-1)).isagui will be true for the DE but not for a terminal
On Thursday, January 10, 2013 8:27:25 AM UTC-5, p_to...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Why I ask is: If a routine is launched from within the DE I would like it to display some info via a gui and if it were launched via a terminal then I would like the information printed out at the terminal. An example would be a progress bar. From the DE a nice gui progress bar shown and from the terminal just a textual output of percent complete.
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> I was looking for a system variable that had this info but could not find one. Hopefully there is a simple solution and I'm just not seeing it.
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> Pete
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