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Re: idl and MS word [message #58325 is a reply to message #58322]

Mon, 28 January 2008 07:05

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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elwood writes:

> I'm running the new workbench under windows xp and teaching a
> numerical physics class using it.
> Many interesting features have popped up (but thats a story for a
> different post)
>
> I know that ms word cannot be used to created idl .pros cuz it inserts
> all sorts of wierd characters.
>
> But to convince my students of this fact, I was wondering if there was
> a doc SOMEWHERE
> in the idl help pages that states which editors are suitable for
> creating idl programs
> OUTSIDE the workbench.

Microsoft Word would work fine if you saved the files
as Plain Text files (*.txt) and not regular (*.doc)
or Rich Text Format (*.rtf) files. You don't need
a help page. Any editor that saves plain text files
can be used.

Cheers,

David
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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: idl and MS word By: Brian Larsen on Mon, 28 January 2008 07:14
		Re: idl and MS word By: David Fanning on Mon, 28 January 2008 07:05
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