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Re: Using IDL Help on Mac OS clients [message #70319 is a reply to message #70318]

Tue, 06 April 2010 10:57

Kenneth P. Bowman
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Registered: May 2000

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In article
<d093ba9e-474b-43f5-915d-0f33e1016135@r1g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,
BillO <bokubo@ittvis.com> wrote:

> In the new release of IDL 8.0 that is currently under construction, we
> are making many changes to the Help system. One of them is to go away
> from the help server that existed in IDL 7.0/7.1, which caused certain
> problems and was very slow to invoke. In IDL 8.0, the html Help will
> renders in its own "browser-like" window. I believe this will solve
> the issue you describe. I noticed that you are participating in the
> Tech Preview of IDL 8.0. Can you confirm: Is this problem solved in
> the Tech Preview release?
>
> I have discussed this matter with ITT VIS Technical Support and if
> they have some questions or suggestions regarding this issue for the
> current IDL 7.1 version, they may be in contact with you.
>
> Thank you - Bill Okubo, IDL Product Manager

Hi Bill,

I have signed up for the 8.0 preview, but have not had time to install
it yet. We will try to do that this week, and if it resolves the
Help problem I will let you know.

Ken

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		Re: Using IDL Help on Mac OS clients By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Tue, 06 April 2010 10:59
		Re: Using IDL Help on Mac OS clients By: Kenneth P. Bowman on Tue, 06 April 2010 10:57
		Re: Using IDL Help on Mac OS clients By: bokubo on Mon, 05 April 2010 15:02
		Re: Using IDL Help on Mac OS clients By: Maxwell Peck on Sun, 04 April 2010 14:36
		Re: Using IDL Help on Mac OS clients By: mankoff on Sun, 04 April 2010 11:30

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