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Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? [message #79918 is a reply to message #79917]

Sun, 15 April 2012 07:00

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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alx writes:

> Exelis should have produced a decent
> documentation too, with a precise description of the adopted
> conventions as well as the used principles. Only such a documentation
> would make any user really able to understand and efficiently use by
> himself the rich capabilities offered by the IDL object graphics.

I don't have any special knowledge about this, but
my guess is that the people who have enough knowledge
about this system to document it properly are too busy
trying to make it work correctly to write about it.
Maybe a couple of years from now there will be time
to do a better job of it.

The real problem with such a complex system, it seems
to me, is that "fixing" a problem often puts
two more problems into the work queue. It's no wonder
it can't be documented. It would be a thankless
and never-ending job! I can't imagine anyone signing
up for it. (Although, as Coyote reminds me, he has
done these kinds of jobs for years as our inadequately
paid webmaster, and, except for a persistent drinking
problem, he is doing great!)

Cheers,

David

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: Sean[1] on Wed, 18 April 2012 14:15
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: Mark Piper on Mon, 16 April 2012 18:54
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: David Fanning on Sun, 15 April 2012 12:15
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: lecacheux.alain on Sun, 15 April 2012 10:49
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: David Fanning on Sun, 15 April 2012 07:00
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: lecacheux.alain on Sun, 15 April 2012 04:15
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: David Fanning on Fri, 13 April 2012 14:10
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: David Fanning on Fri, 13 April 2012 14:00
		Re: Reverse engineering the new graphics PLOT() margin property? By: Jim Pendleton on Fri, 13 April 2012 13:46

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