| Re: idlwave: spaces round = and other operators [message #58560 is a reply to message #58373] |
Fri, 01 February 2008 12:52   |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Feb 1, 1:29 pm, Benjamin Hornberger
<hornb...@xray1.physics.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> JD Smith wrote:
>> On Jan 31, 6:36 pm, Benjamin Hornberger
>> <hornb...@xray1.physics.sunysb.edu> wrote:
>>> JD Smith wrote:
>>>> > in my .emacs (of course with paths adjusted to my system), but it didn't
>>>> > help. It did get rid of the "HTML help location not found: try setting
>>>> > `idlwave-system-directory' and/or `idlwave-html-help-location'." error
>>>> > message when startingIDLWAVEbut didn't get rid of the "spaces around
>>>> > operators" problem.
>>>> Do you see the error message I mentioned?
>>> I did see the message "HTML help location not found: try setting
>>> >> `idlwave-system-directory' and/or `idlwave-html-help-location'.".
>>> That I could get rid of with the hints you mentioned (on theidlwave
>>> website), but it didn't solve the original problem
>
>>>> Try M-: (lengthidlwave-
>>>> routines) [RET]. Should be around 2500.
>>> 0 (#o0, #x0)
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>>> What should I do about that?
>
>> You need to figure out why it's not finding and translating the
>> idl_catalog.xml file which is supposed to live in idl/help/
>> online_help.
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>> Is this IDL 7? You didn't say. There's been some monkeying around
>> with the location of help files, and the entire help system which
>> IDLWAVEdoesn't know about; see this tech tip:
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>> http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=4323
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>> If you are using IDL 7, and don't want to go that whole route, you
>> could try creating a link or copy of idl_catalog.xml in help/
>> online_help (the moved it just to help/). I may release a version
>> which at least looks for the catalog file there.
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> Yes, this is IDL 7.0, but I believe I had the problem with 6.4 as well
> (after installing Emacs 22).
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> I had seen the tech tip and did already copy the online_help directory
> (didn't help).
>
> Anyway, do you think not finding the help system is responsible for the
> problem with space around operators? Doesn't sound like it's related to
> me. I have to say I never used the IDL help within Emacs/IDLWAVE
> (probably would be a good thing to learn), I always have the IDL help
> browser open. At the moment I am mostly concerned about the "spaces
> around operators" problem.
Yes, that's the problem, and it should be IDL7-specific. IDLWAVE
specifically checks to avoid adding space around the '=' in keywords,
and to do so it brings the routine info up to date. Without routine
info, lots of other things won't work well either. You can also turn
keyword padding back on to get around this, but you're better off
simply copying idl_catalog.xml over to the old location (idl/help/
online_help), and restarting emacs. This won't change anything about
the help system.
JD
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