| New and Updated IDL Programs [message #8762] |
Wed, 23 April 1997 00:00 |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Friends,
I have recently updated a number of IDL programs that I am
offering readers of this newsgroup at my IDL Programming
web page. This has included a number of bug fixes (many thanks
to those of you who have reported them to me) and some major
modifications to several of my more popular programs.
In particular, you may want to take another look at my
programs XCOLORS and XWINDOW. Both of these have
changed significantly. The most important changes have
been to make these programs work the same way with respect
to changing color tables on 24-bit and 16-bit displays as they
do on 8-bit displays. And both of these programs run as non-
blocking widgets under IDL 5.0.
What this means for IDL 5.0 users is that it is now possible
to have resizeable graphics windows for *all* IDL SURFACE,
CONTOUR, and PLOT commands as well as most IDL user-written
graphics routines that follow a few simple rules. In addition,
these windows can send their contents to PostScript, GIF,
TIFF, and JPEG files automatically. Moreover, each graphics
window can have its own color table associated with it and
it can "protect" those colors throughout the IDL session, no
matter what happens at the IDL command line. (None of these
programs take advantage of the new IDL 5.0 graphics system,
so don't worry about having to learn about graphics classes
and objects to understand them!)
The programs are available on my Coyote's Guide to IDL
Programming Web Page at:
http://www.dfanning.com
The only "charge" for these programs is that if you find
them useful you remember to think of me when the time
comes for an IDL Programming class for you or your
colleagues. :-)
Enjoy!
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Customizable IDL Programming Courses
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com
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