comp.lang.idl-pvwave archive: archive » Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6

Home » Public Forums » archive » Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6

Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend

Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 [message #35843 is a reply to message #35842]

Thu, 31 July 2003 14:35

William Thompson
Messages: 8
Registered: June 1997

Junior Member

Justin:

I don't know why you can't search under Solaris. I know that it's not possible
under Linux. This line is found in the README file distributed with the Linux
version of acroread

> Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.7 Additional Information
>
> There is no search functionality available for the Linux version of the
> Acrobat Reader.

Major bummer!

What I do is to go through the alphabetical index to find what I'm looking for,
which is awkward, or simply fire up the IDL help from 5.4.

William Thompson

Justin wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> IDL 5.6, Solaris 5.9, Acroread 5.0.5
>
> We've just upgraded from IDL 5.4 to 5.6 (nothing like being on the
> cytting edge). Now I'm really not keen on the PDF help (seems like a way
> for RSI to make it easier for themselves and not the user) but I think
> that discussion has already been had and so no need to resurrect it...
>
> So my problem: I can't "search" the PDF help files, I can only "find" in
> them. The "search" uses index files to speed things up. I've found an
> index.pdx file in /opt/idl/idl_5.6/help, but when I add this to the list
> of indexes in Acrobat Reader I get "index is currently unavailable". Can
> other people search the documentation? Is it Solaris, IDL, Acroread or
> bad-luck?
>
>
> I've just done a test and it takes 3mins 10sec (on my SunBlade 100) to
> do a 'find' through just the IDL Reference Guide - though things are
> quicker if you look for something at the beginning of the file. Not
> really the speed I was after!
>
> Any hints gratefully received,
>
> Thanks, Justin
>
> PS I get a feeling that this might bring out the IDLWave evangelists!
>

Report message to a moderator

[Message index]

		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: R.G. Stockwell on Fri, 01 August 2003 14:08
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: James Kuyper on Fri, 01 August 2003 11:48
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: David Fanning on Fri, 01 August 2003 09:34
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: William Thompson on Fri, 01 August 2003 09:03
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: btupper on Thu, 31 July 2003 17:11
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: James Kuyper on Thu, 31 July 2003 16:11
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: JD Smith on Thu, 31 July 2003 15:09
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: William Thompson on Thu, 31 July 2003 14:57
		Re: Searching PDF help in IDL 5.6 By: William Thompson on Thu, 31 July 2003 14:35

Previous Topic:	Re: possible bug in a_correlate()
Next Topic:	Re: Who's up for breaking IDL?

-=] Back to Top [=-

[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [

] [

]

Current Time: Fri Oct 10 02:36:14 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 1.36103 seconds