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Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... [message #76880 is a reply to message #76672]

Fri, 08 July 2011 14:33

penteado
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On Jul 8, 5:07 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Haje Korth writes:
>> The issues I am having is that all the information on the new graphics
>> system (NG) I absorb from the forum should be available via the IDL
>> documentation in absence of third party books. In the past i went to
>> David's book where the help was insufficient. I was desperately
>> waiting for him to publish a book on the matter, but I gather from the
>> forum he does not believe in it presumably due to lack in flexibility.
>
> Mostly I don't "believe" in them because I don't know
> anyone who uses them. I can't really say why this is so.
> I don't use them because I don't think they behave
> intuitively. I always find myself getting annoyed when
> I use them. Life is too hard to work with tools that
> annoy you! :-)

I agree. Which is why I do not use direct graphics. Too annoying.

Now I use a mix of iTools and New Graphics, because some of the
functionality from the iTools GUI is not in NG.

To me, the problem with both systems is not complexity, it is the lack
of documentation.

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		Ready to quit after 25 years... By: Haje Korth on Thu, 23 June 2011 14:49
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: Klemen on Wed, 29 June 2011 02:50
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: Haje Korth on Thu, 30 June 2011 13:59
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: Haje Korth on Tue, 12 July 2011 05:16
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: Michael Galloy on Mon, 11 July 2011 14:54
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: penteado on Mon, 11 July 2011 08:45
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: David Fanning on Fri, 08 July 2011 20:22
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: penteado on Fri, 08 July 2011 14:33
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: David Fanning on Fri, 08 July 2011 13:07
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: Michael Galloy on Fri, 08 July 2011 12:33
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: ben.bighair on Wed, 13 July 2011 13:11
		Re: Ready to quit after 25 years... By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Wed, 13 July 2011 08:23

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