| IDLDE questions [message #87494] |
Fri, 07 February 2014 14:34  |
Gordon Farquharson
Messages: 48
Registered: December 2010
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Hi All
Is there a way to do the following in the IDL IDE?
1. Tab-completion of files on the command line. For example, I want to type
cd, '/home/gordon/<TAB><TAB>
and have a list of possibilities appear.
2. Make the editor and formatter align function and procedure parameters in the following way:
v1 = vector(vx, vy, x, y, $
XTITLE='X', YTITLE='Y', $
XRANGE=[-1.,4.], YRANGE=[-1.,4.])
as opposed to
v1 = vector(vx, vy, x, y, $
XTITLE='X', YTITLE='Y', $
XRANGE=[-1.,4.], YRANGE=[-1.,4.])
3. Make the formatter format code as I type it. Currently, the formatter only formats parts of the code in the way that I have requested when I format the code with SHIFT+CTRL+F.
(Yeah, I'm an IDLWAVE user.)
Gordon
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| Re: IDLDE questions [message #87496 is a reply to message #87495] |
Fri, 07 February 2014 15:49  |
Gordon Farquharson
Messages: 48
Registered: December 2010
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On Friday, February 7, 2014 2:52:28 PM UTC-8, David Fanning wrote:
>> (Yeah, I'm an IDLWAVE user.)
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> Then why the heck are you fooling around with the IDLDE!? That's for
> those of us who are too old to train our fingers. :-)
The IDE does have some nice features. For example, I like the CTRL+Space function that seems to know about every routine that exists in my path. The list of variables and values on the side is also nice. However, IDLWAVE/Emacs has some great features that I'm not sure I want to live without.
Therefore, I have two options:
1) Help support IDLWAVE so that it offers nice functionality that the IDE now offers (but, as much as I'd like to learn eLisp, I really don't have the time).
2) Explore the IDE.
Gordon
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| Re: IDLDE questions [message #87498 is a reply to message #87497] |
Sat, 08 February 2014 13:07 |
Gordon Farquharson
Messages: 48
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On Friday, February 7, 2014 4:16:41 PM UTC-8, Fabien wrote:
> Have you tried automatic commenting of functions/procedures? CTRL+F3 to
> navigate in the code of user defined functions? These are also nice
> features from IDLDE.
The CTRL+F3 function of Eclipse is really convenient.
> However your points are good points: the editor could do even more, I
> guess. Maybe somewhere in the editors options?
I did look through the options, but didn't find any of the features I mentioned. I was wondering whether one could manually edit Eclipse configuration files, but I suspect that some of then would have to be implemented by Exelis VIS.
Gordon
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