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Re: library and online help [message #38886 is a reply to message #38885]

Wed, 07 April 2004 07:55

savoie
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Steve.Morris@libero.it (Steve) writes:

> Hi all,
>
> how can I add and IDL library (taken somewhere from the web) to the
> standard path of my IDL distribution, so that each time I call a
> procedure/function that is in the library, IDL automatically find it?
> Do I have to put such library in some directory? where? (I use linux).

put something like this in your startup file, (or type on the command line).

!path = !path + "+/full/path/to/fanning/programs:"

The '+' means include all subdirectories under this one. And now that I've
started answering this, I'm not sure I know the whole answer. In my startup
I also have the following line, which may do the expansion of all the
subdirectories.

!path = expand_path(!path)

All I know forsure is you can't go wrong if you put fanning's libs in your
path. :)

> Just a drop. I have got the new IDL version, but the "old" online help
> doesn't work anymore :-( Is it right???
> Only that nasty and NON user-friendly acrobat manual ...

Yes, just that nasty manual unless you use idlwave, and emacs mode for IDL.
see idlwave.org.

Matt

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		Re: library and online help By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 07 April 2004 12:45
		Re: library and online help By: Steve.Morris on Wed, 07 April 2004 12:16
		Re: library and online help By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 07 April 2004 09:10
		Re: library and online help By: R.Bauer on Wed, 07 April 2004 08:59
		Re: library and online help By: James Kuyper on Wed, 07 April 2004 08:28
		Re: library and online help By: Michael Wallace on Wed, 07 April 2004 08:29
		Re: library and online help By: kklare on Tue, 20 April 2004 19:16
		Re: library and online help By: R.Bauer on Wed, 07 April 2004 08:02
		Re: library and online help By: savoie on Wed, 07 April 2004 07:55
		Re: library and online help By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 07 April 2004 07:58

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