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Re: Problems with Retain on OS X Mavericks [message #87021 is a reply to message #87020]

Sat, 21 December 2013 14:41

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Matthew Argall writes:

> Mavericks now seems to require DEVICE, RETAIN=2 when saving output from IDL's direct graphics procedures (e.g. via a combination of PLOT and cgSnapshot). This was not true in previous versions of OS X (if my memory serves me correctly).
>
> Coyote Graphics programs (e.g. cgPlot, cgWindow, cgZPlot) work fine /unless/ the window they are displayed in was opened by a non-cg program/procedure (e.g. WINDOW, PLOT).

I wouldn't have thought this was anything new. I have routinely, for the
past 10 years or so, set RETAIN=2 for *all* UNIX machines and RETAIN=1
for all Windows machines whenever I open an IDL graphics window. This is
how all the Coyote Library routines work.

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
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		Problems with Retain on OS X Mavericks By: Matthew Argall on Sat, 21 December 2013 10:58
		Re: Problems with Retain on OS X Mavericks By: David Fanning on Sat, 21 December 2013 14:41
		Re: Problems with Retain on OS X Mavericks By: Matthew Argall on Sun, 22 December 2013 08:59
		Re: Problems with Retain on OS X Mavericks By: David Fanning on Sun, 22 December 2013 09:24

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