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| The Secret Widget Manual and IDL V5 [message #9187] |
Mon, 09 June 1997 00:00 |
martin
Messages: 18
Registered: January 1993
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Hi All,
A long time ago when IDL first came out with widgets, I tried to write
widget programs based on the standard documentation. I was able to get my
widget programs to work, but they felt kludgy. I also decided that widget
programing was much harder than it was worth so I mostly stopped writing
widget code.
Then as kind of a fluke I got a hold of the RSI manual called "Building
Graphical User Interfaces in IDL: An Interactive Training Course". This
manual was written by David Fanning and is the manual they give you if you
sign up for one of their $$$ training courses. This manual was great. I
read it in 1 day. I never bothered to download the examples from the ftp
site. Now widget programing is simple and straight forward. I use widgets
all the time.
The fact that I was never even informed about the existense of this manual
really annoys me. It seems as if RSI expects you to take the training
course if you want to do anything but the basics in IDL. Another thing
that frustrates me is that even if the training course was free, for me
reading the manual was enough. I would not want to waste time traveling to
and from the training site.
So now IDL version 5 is here. Many fairly sophisticated users seem to be
having trouble using objects. I read the objects manual and I got the same
feeling I got when I read the standard documentation on widgets. I wonder
is there a training manual out there somewhere on IDL objects? If so is
there a way to get that manual without taking a training course? Or does
RSI expect us to fork over another $1k to learn the secrets of the new
features?
Just Wondering,
Charles Martin, PhD
University of Texas
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