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Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? [message #38600 is a reply to message #38443]

Fri, 12 March 2004 06:00

Stein Vidar Hagfors H[2] is currently offline

Stein Vidar Hagfors H[2]
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"Richard G. French" <rfrench@wellesley.edu> writes:

> On 3/5/04 4:30 AM, in article 404848c1@news.nwl.ac.uk, "wmc@bas.ac.uk"
> <wmc@bas.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Rick Towler <rtowler@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>>> wrote in message ...
>>
>>>> I'm used to using IDL on an alpha but recently forced to use a sun.
>>
>>> I am so sorry... My thoughts are with you in this difficult time.
>>
>> Hmm. Thats not too optimistic-sounding.
>>
>>>> I discover that aborting a script with ctrl-c tends to kill IDL:
>>
>>> What version of IDL and version of Solaris?
>>
>> Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.8 Generic February 2000
>>
>> { sparc sunos unix 5.4 Sep 25 2000 32 64}
>>
>> but v6.0 has the same behaviour.
>>
>>> Can you provide a simple example?
>>
>> n fact, simply typing ctrl-c at the command prompt when nothing else
>> is happening is enough.
>>
>> wmc>
>> 57 wmc@bsucena>
>> % Interrupt encountered.
>>
>> wmc>
>> 57 wmc@bsucena>
>>
>> This doesn't generate any odd err messages, just gets me out of idl.
>> Worse, it doesn't kill the idl process - that goes mad somewhere and
>> eats the cpu. But fg doesn't work.
>>
>> -W.
>
> I have a SunBlade 1000 and ^C does not dump me out of idl

And I have a SunBlade 1500, not having any problem. I do remember
having a similar problem (although without the IDL session running
amok & eating CPU), and that problem was fixed by something related
to the "onintr" command.... see "man onintr", and also try IDL under
a different shell.

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		ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Thu, 04 March 2004 02:28
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 05:46
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Pepijn Kenter on Fri, 05 March 2004 05:40
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 01:39
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 01:30
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Richard French on Sat, 06 March 2004 17:13
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Stein Vidar Hagfors H[2] on Fri, 12 March 2004 06:00
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Rick Towler on Fri, 05 March 2004 09:41
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: Rick Towler on Thu, 04 March 2004 15:34
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Thu, 04 March 2004 13:30
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: rigby on Thu, 04 March 2004 10:32
		Re: ctrl-c aborts IDL on sun? By: wmconnolley on Fri, 05 March 2004 11:26
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