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Re: Self-compiling procedures [message #58729 is a reply to message #58728]

Sat, 16 February 2008 14:30

Spon
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On Feb 16, 10:18 pm, maye <kmichael....@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 16, 11:05 pm, Spon <christoph.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> On Feb 16, 6:47 pm, maye <kmichael....@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Hi!
>>> In terms of self-compiling I'm a beginner, so please excuse my
>>> ignorance if this is written somewhere in the manual, I couldn't find
>>> it easily at least:
>>> So far I put every procedure I consider to be useful enough for more
>>> than one task in its extra file, so that if it's called, IDL compiles
>>> it automatically, having the procedure and file name identical.
>>> But after a while, the number of files I have keeps growing.
>>> I wonder if there's another elegant way to keep things auto-compilable
>>> without me having to compile some kind of library before I start
>>> working on a task using my "library" of useful procedures.
>>> Am I missing something simple?
>>> Thanks for any hints and a nice weekend!
>>> Best regards,
>>> Michael
>
>> You should add your library directory to your !PATH - File->Preferences->Path.
>
>> Then you can call every procedure/function in the library without ever
>> having to compile it first. In fact, any directory that has any .pro
>> file in it is probably better off in !PATH. Top level directories,
>> anyway - thankfully IDL searches recursively.
>
>> Take care,
>> Chris
>
> Thanks so much for your fast answers, and I'm very sorry, I was too
> imprecise with my question, silly me.
> I am actually looking for a way to group similar procedures into one
> file to reduce the amount of library files, it's just harder to
> maintain.
> Is there a way to keep things still self-compilable when I put several
> procedures into one file?
>
> Cheers,
> Michael

Short answer - no.

Here, have a read of this, particularly the second half:

http://www.dfanning.com/tips/namefiles.html

Good luck,
Chris

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		Re: Self-compiling procedures By: Maarten[1] on Mon, 18 February 2008 00:55
		Re: Self-compiling procedures By: maye on Sat, 16 February 2008 15:50
		Re: Self-compiling procedures By: Vince Hradil on Sat, 16 February 2008 14:45
		Re: Self-compiling procedures By: Spon on Sat, 16 February 2008 14:30
		Re: Self-compiling procedures By: maye on Sat, 16 February 2008 14:18
		Re: Self-compiling procedures By: Spon on Sat, 16 February 2008 14:05
		Re: Self-compiling procedures By: Vince Hradil on Sat, 16 February 2008 13:51
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