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Re: IDLWave upgrading? [message #47113 is a reply to message #47100]

Tue, 24 January 2006 12:04

JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999

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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:00:35 -0500, Bruce Bowler wrote:

> I probably ought to direct this to JD via mail, but this way everyone can
> benefit...
>
> I'm currently running IDLwave 5.0 and IDL 6.1. I think it's time to
> upgrade IDLwave to 5.6.
>
> What are the "gotchas" that I ought to look out for? Should I uninstall
> 5.0 before I try and install 5.6?

The only real gotcha is if your old IDLWAVE is still installed, and
Emacs find that one first. This is easy to see, since the version is
printed when IDLWAVE starts up (also, C-h m will show the version).
Normally, this is not a problem, if you are installing to the same
place, it will just overwrite the old files with the new, and you
should be good to go. You'll probably also need to grab and install
the HTML help relevant for IDL 6.1.

That said, you could just wait for IDLWAVE 6.0, due out "any time
now", which interfaces with the new IDL Assistant, and makes
downloading any help unnecessary (since it comes bundled with IDL
now). Lots of other nice improvements as well.

JD

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		Re: IDLWave upgrading? By: Bruce Bowler on Wed, 25 January 2006 05:45
		Re: IDLWave upgrading? By: JD Smith on Tue, 24 January 2006 12:04
		Re: IDLWave upgrading? By: JD Smith on Wed, 25 January 2006 08:52
		Re: IDLWave upgrading? By: Bruce Bowler on Mon, 30 January 2006 06:09

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