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Re: IDL environment [message #42124 is a reply to message #42123]

Tue, 28 December 2004 08:02

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Michael Wallace writes:

> Maybe I'm missing something, which I usually do, but wouldn't you just
> need a single command?
>
> IDL> $pwd
> /the/current/working/directory
>
> I use the shell escape ($) when I need to do something quick with the
> file system. I use $ls, $pwd and $vi (!!) all the time it seems. Of
> course, this is only useful for ad hoc IDL from the prompt, but that is
> what the original poster was asking about, no?

Well, of course, this saves that extra $ character, which adds
up over the course of an IDL lifetime. But it also works on
those annoying Windows machines that some of us use. :-)

Cheers,

David

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		Re: IDL environment By: JD Smith on Thu, 30 December 2004 12:48
		Re: IDL environment By: judy on Wed, 29 December 2004 02:35
		Re: IDL environment By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 28 December 2004 08:16
		Re: IDL environment By: David Fanning on Tue, 28 December 2004 08:02
		Re: IDL environment By: Michael Wallace on Tue, 28 December 2004 07:52
		Re: IDL environment By: R.Bauer on Tue, 28 December 2004 03:03
		Re: IDL environment By: David Fanning on Mon, 27 December 2004 21:23
		Re: IDL environment By: Benjamin Hornberger on Tue, 04 January 2005 11:14

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