| Re: Two new IDL Help Articles describing how to use the Workbench are made available now. [message #82313 is a reply to message #82312] |
Thu, 06 December 2012 08:43   |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Fab writes:
> I started IDL with IDL7, after working one year with Java and Eclipse,
> so I don't know how IDL looked like before. Therefore, I really have no
> clue about the issues you are raising here. I am not saying the
> workbench is perfect (see my recent post about unstable behavior and
> esthetic consideration). But I don't understand what you mean with the
> advantages of having code somewhere else than in the workbench, etc.
> Unlike you, I also have no problem with the concept of "project", even
> more when the "project" is a team-development managed with SVN. Can you
> explain what you mean here?
First, a lot of people are under the mistaken assumption that to work
with the Workbench they need to move all their IDL program files
into the Workspace directory. They don't. You can add files to
the Workbench from wherever they happen to be on your computer.
In other words, you don't have to change anything about your
current file directory structure. This is not obvious to many
people.
Second, many people assume that if they create a project in
the Project Explorer window that it is necessary to "Build"
the project in order to use the code there. I don't think I
have ever "built" a project in my life, except to explore
how disastrous it can be to understanding what the hell is
going on in IDL! By "building" a project, you create an IDL
save file with all the compiled project code. Then, good luck
trying to make a change in one of your project files. Having
save files in your program directories is one of the best ways
I know to drive yourself completely insane. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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