| Re: IDL 5.6, MacOSX, IDLWAVE, Xemacs, and suicide [message #33577 is a reply to message #33576] |
Thu, 16 January 2003 01:43   |
Carsten Dominik
Messages: 45
Registered: February 1998
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>>>> > "DB" == David Bowman <dbowman@fullerton.edu> writes:
DB> Can somebody tell me an easy, straightforward way to install a Xemacs
DB> and idlwave? Please, treat me as the complete moron that I feel like.
DB> Include things like web sites where the programs can be downloaded.
DB> I'm sure this would be appreciated by many other stranded Mac IDL
DB> users.
Relax, it is easy when you know where to look.
1. Get Emacs. Currently under MacOS X, I recommend Emacs, not XEmacs.
You can get a binary package from
http://mindlube.com/developer/
Follow the instructions to install it (trivial).
The default font in this Emacs is a bit odd. Also, since you seem
to come from a Mac background, you probably want the Command key to
behave normally when you work with Emacs. Therefore, create a
".emacs" file in your home directory and insert the following
lines:
;; 10pt Monaco.
(set-default-font "-apple-monaco-medium-r-normal--10-120-75-75-m-120-mac-roman ")
;; Make option act as meta.
(setq mac-command-key-is-meta nil)
2. That version of Emacs already contains IDLWAVE, fully installed.
Any .pro files will automatically be edited in IDLWAVE mode. To
round things off, you want to add to .emacs
;; Syntax coloring
(global-font-lock-mode 1)
;; Tell Emacs where the idl binary is.
(setq idlwave-shell-explicit-file-name "/usr/local/rsi/idl/bin/idl")
;; Start IDL when needed
(setq idlwave-shell-automatic-start t)
That should get you up and running. Good luck.
- Carsten
P.S.
For the IDLWAVE manual, go to http://idlwave.org. Also, if you
want to use IDLWAVE's help system, download the help files from
there and follow the instructions in the README file to install
them. Basically: Put all the files in a directory and tell Emacs
where they are with (again in .emacs)
(setq idlwave-help-directory "/full/path/to/helpfiles")
I see that you use OroborOSX and XDarwin. That is fine. You may want
to consider trying apples X11 at
http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/
It is still a beta version but works well, is fast and
automatically gives you a window manager which shows all the X11
application windows on the normal desktop. Check out RSI's tech
note about running idl with Apple's X11 at
http://www.rsinc.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=3444
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