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Re: Starting multiple idlwave-shell's? [message #50045 is a reply to message #50037]

Mon, 04 September 2006 13:53

JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999

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On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:06:06 -0600, David Fanning wrote:

> No, no. As far as I know *everything* can be done in
> IDLWAVE. But I just let JD handle everything in that
> realm. :-)

Actually, in this case the answer is "not easily". IDLWAVE knows of and
keeps track of a single IDL shell process at a time. You can obviously
run two different Emacs sessions and have a shell in each. Let's say
you're compiling a file (C-c C-d C-c). Which shell should it compile in?
That's just one example of many where having more than one shell would be
somewhat problematic.

You might like this tip regarding starting a "fast" IDL shell in Emacs
without first loading a .pro file into a buffer:

============================================================ ==============
IDLWAVE Tip of the Month:

Do you love IDLWAVE for editing source and debugging, but often find
yourself pulling up an XTerm IDL for quick calculations, not wanting the
full IDLWAVE source buffer editing mode? Wouldn't you love to have all
the same completion, on-line help and routine info features you've come
to love during full-blown editing sessions? Get a quick IDLWAVE IDL
Shell, without any buffer, using:

emacs --geometry 80x36 --eval "(idlwave-shell 'quick)"

I have this bound to a button in my launcher panel. Never be without
IDLWAVE again.
============================================================ ==============

I might also suggest looking at the IDL-IDL bridge. This lets the
primary IDL session manage sub-sessions, to which some work can be
farmed out. It comes with IDL 6.3.

JD

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		Re: Starting multiple idlwave-shell's? By: cgguido on Tue, 05 September 2006 11:18
		Re: Starting multiple idlwave-shell's? By: JD Smith on Mon, 04 September 2006 13:53
		Re: Starting multiple idlwave-shell's? By: David Fanning on Thu, 31 August 2006 13:06
		Re: Starting multiple idlwave-shell's? By: cgguido on Thu, 31 August 2006 12:58
		Re: Starting multiple idlwave-shell's? By: David Fanning on Thu, 31 August 2006 12:52

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