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Re: Mac Cursor [message #51208 is a reply to message #51199]

Mon, 06 November 2006 21:16

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Kenneth Bowman writes:

> David, do you use the IDLDE on Macs, or do you run from the
> command line?

Uh, have you *seen* IDLDE on a Mac!? No, almost everyone
prefers to run from a command line. :-)

> I run from the command line and use a startup.pro file. In order
> to set the !PATH variable right, you have to get the paths right.
> A very handy trick for doing this in OS X is the following:
>
> 1. Have a Terminal window open. (That's Terminal.app, not an xterm.)
> 2. In the Finder, navigate to the file or directory that you want to use.
> 3. Drag the file or directory into the Terminal window. Presto, the full
> path appears.
> 4. Copy and paste that path into the startup.pro.
>
> You can enter a Unix command like "ls" before dragging and dropping:
>
> bowman> ls /Volumes/csrpd1/1B01/V6/2004/200409/20040905/
> 1B01.040905.38795.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38801.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38807.6.HDF
> 1B01.040905.38796.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38802.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38808.6.HDF
> 1B01.040905.38797.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38803.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38809.6.HDF
> 1B01.040905.38798.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38804.6.HDF 1B01.040906.38810.6.HDF
> 1B01.040905.38799.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38805.6.HDF
> 1B01.040905.38800.6.HDF 1B01.040905.38806.6.HDF
>
>
> In IDL I can also do things like this interactively:
>
> IDL> in = '/Volumes/csrpd1/PROGSCI/v4/502rf05/502rf05.nc'
> IDL> id = ncdf_open(in)
>
> That is, type "in = '" at the IDL prompt. Drag and drop the file of interest.
> Add the final quote. Hit return.
>
> I guess that will go on the tips and tricks list. :-)

Very useful information. Thank you.

Cheers,

David
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Mac Cursor By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Wed, 08 November 2006 18:44
		Re: Mac Cursor By: JD Smith on Wed, 08 November 2006 17:01
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 08 November 2006 16:28
		Re: Mac Cursor By: David Fanning on Wed, 08 November 2006 16:11
		Re: Mac Cursor By: JD Smith on Wed, 08 November 2006 15:57
		Re: Mac Cursor By: JD Smith on Wed, 08 November 2006 15:51
		Re: Mac Cursor By: JD Smith on Wed, 08 November 2006 15:46
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Christopher Thom on Wed, 08 November 2006 15:42
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 08 November 2006 15:27
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Christopher Thom on Wed, 08 November 2006 15:12
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 08 November 2006 12:58
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Christopher Thom on Wed, 08 November 2006 12:06
		Re: Mac Cursor By: K. Bowman on Tue, 07 November 2006 11:35
		Re: Mac Cursor By: JD Smith on Tue, 07 November 2006 13:27
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 07 November 2006 11:32
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 07 November 2006 11:21
		Re: Mac Cursor By: David Fanning on Mon, 06 November 2006 21:16
		Re: Mac Cursor By: K. Bowman on Mon, 06 November 2006 11:09
		Re: Mac Cursor By: K. Bowman on Mon, 06 November 2006 10:44
		Re: Mac Cursor By: David Fanning on Mon, 06 November 2006 10:31
		Re: Mac Cursor By: JD Smith on Mon, 06 November 2006 09:58
		Re: Mac Cursor By: news.verizon.net on Sun, 05 November 2006 12:39
		Re: Mac Cursor By: David Fanning on Sat, 04 November 2006 07:58
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Jeff Hester on Fri, 03 November 2006 21:56
		Re: Mac Cursor By: David Fanning on Fri, 03 November 2006 17:14
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Edd Edmondson on Thu, 09 November 2006 03:08
		Re: Mac Cursor By: James Kuyper on Thu, 09 November 2006 03:37
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Wed, 08 November 2006 18:46
		Re: Mac Cursor By: Christopher Thom on Thu, 09 November 2006 11:47

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