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Re: ION script - true colour [message #48378 is a reply to message #48300]

Tue, 11 April 2006 22:55

Craig Markwardt
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Kenneth Bowman <k-bowman@null.tamu.edu> writes:
> In article <e1g669$sml$1@aplcore.jhuapl.edu>,
> "Haje Korth" <haje.korth@nospam.jhuapl.edu> wrote:
>
>> Ken,
>> While my server runs on unix, I do the development under Windows, where the
>> work around is unfortunately no good. However, as the code has grown I
>> actually appreciate some other features of object graphics, such as alpha
>> blending which I use frequently. While alpha blending is only a simple line
>> of code, the keyword solution is pretty slick.
>>
>> Haje
>
> Not that anyone in their right mind would want to do this ;-), but is it
> possible to run IDL on Windows and use the X device?

One can use the "virtual frame buffer" X server (Xvfb), which emulates
an X head without actually needing a display. We use it some for this
kind of thing where an unattended task needs to make X graphical
output. It's not always installed with Linux, but my recent installs
of Mac OS X and Fedora had them.

Craig

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		ION script - true colour By: greg michael on Mon, 10 April 2006 10:15
		Re: ION script By: Rick Towler on Mon, 10 April 2006 09:07
		Re: ION script By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 10 April 2006 14:18
		Re: ION script By: Haje Korth on Sat, 08 April 2006 06:45
		Re: ION script By: Rick Towler on Fri, 07 April 2006 15:51
		Re: ION script By: David Fanning on Fri, 07 April 2006 14:15
		Re: ION script By: Rick Towler on Fri, 07 April 2006 14:11
		Re: ION script By: greg michael on Fri, 07 April 2006 13:43
		Re: ION script By: Haje Korth on Fri, 07 April 2006 13:20
		Re: ION script By: Rick Towler on Fri, 07 April 2006 07:44
		Re: ION script - true colour By: Craig Markwardt on Tue, 11 April 2006 22:55
		Re: ION script - true colour By: Haje Korth on Tue, 11 April 2006 07:15
		Re: ION script - true colour By: K. Bowman on Tue, 11 April 2006 06:52
		Re: ION script - true colour By: Haje Korth on Tue, 11 April 2006 05:07

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