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Re: IDL 8.2.1 released [message #81557 is a reply to message #81556]

Thu, 04 October 2012 09:06

Mark Piper
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Registered: December 2009

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On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 5:33:14 PM UTC-6, David Fanning wrote:
> Mark Piper writes:
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>> IDL 8.2.1 is now available for download from our website, www.exelisvis.com. I've listed what's new here:
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>> http://idldatapoint.com/2012/10/03/idl-8-2-1-released/
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>> and included a link to download a set of example programs.
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> You know what seems to be missing here? Quality control.
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> Here are the first two things I tried. Honestly. I don't
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> make this stuff up.
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> I went to Mark's website and read his blurb about the new
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> ColorTable function. I thought that was neat, so I downloaded
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> and installed IDL 8.2.1. The first thing I read in the
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> ColorTable documentation was this sort of odd description
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> of the Background keyword:
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> "Set this keyword to a string or three-element array describing
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> the colors of the table. Default value is [0, 0, 0]."
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> OK, so I used the example right there in the documenation and
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> tried to set a yellow background keyword, since I don't really
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> understand what a background keyword can really be used for
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> in a ColorTable function. Here is what I typed:
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> IDL> ctable = COLORTABLE([[085,026,139],[135,206,255],[0,255,0]], $
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> NCOLORS = levels, /TRANSPOSE, Background=[255,255,0])
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> Here is the error I got:
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> % COLORTABLE: BACKGROUND must be a RGB triplet or string
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> Sigh...
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Yes, this is unfortunate. I'm in contact with the developer who wrote COLORTABLE, and since this is pro code, I'll provide an updated version as soon as possible.

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> Ok, so moving on, the next thing in Mark's list that caught
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> my eye was a new "Class Hierarchy view for viewing properties
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> and methods of super- and subclasses." Again, a little oddly
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> phrased, but I just assume the documenatation writer is not
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> a native English speaker. I understand what he meant. And,
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> OK, I can definitely use that!
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> So, I open my cgMap object, which inherits a cgCoord object,
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> which inherits a cgContainer object, which inherits both an
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> IDL_Object and an IDL_Container object. Perfect test.
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> I don't know how to describe what I ended up with, but
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> "hierarchtical view" doesn't really do it justice. "God-awful
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> mis-mash" comes closer. Here is a picture of it.
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> http://www.idlcoyote.com/misc/class_hierarchy.png
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> Do you suppose that is what this is *suppose* to look like!?
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It looks like this:

http://idldatapoint.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/screenshot-w indows.png

on Windows and like this:

http://idldatapoint.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/screenshot-l inux.png

on Linux (the two OS I have available to me right now).

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> I've got other things to do. I'm really restoring a computer
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> that refuses to boot and is resisting all attempts at repair.
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> I'm just looking at this stuff for fun and because I like to
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> be up-to-date on the latest catastrophies. :-)
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> Cheers,
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> David
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> --
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> David Fanning, Ph.D.
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> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thos speakest truth.")

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		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Scott[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 09:56
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Thu, 04 October 2012 09:17
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Mark Piper on Thu, 04 October 2012 09:11
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Thu, 04 October 2012 09:06
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Mark Piper on Thu, 04 October 2012 09:06
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Mark Piper on Thu, 04 October 2012 08:58
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 08:57
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Mark Piper on Thu, 04 October 2012 08:39
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Thu, 04 October 2012 08:34
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Scott[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 08:21
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Scott[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 08:09
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Thu, 04 October 2012 07:35
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 07:30
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: dg86 on Wed, 03 October 2012 17:05
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Wed, 03 October 2012 16:41
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Wed, 03 October 2012 16:33
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Scott[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 08:18
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Mark Piper on Thu, 04 October 2012 16:23
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Thu, 04 October 2012 11:03
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Thu, 04 October 2012 10:24
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Scott[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 11:06
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: David Fanning on Thu, 04 October 2012 10:10
		Re: IDL 8.2.1 released By: Scott[1] on Thu, 04 October 2012 10:07

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