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Re: IDL help in 8.3 [message #87093 is a reply to message #87092]

Tue, 07 January 2014 07:08

Haje Korth
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Registered: May 1997

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On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 9:24:35 AM UTC-5, David Fanning wrote:
> Haje Korth writes:
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>> superchromix: If I had to use an old help system it would be that of IDL 6.4. That functionality, especially the search, has yet to be matched by the Eclipse help system.
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> Yes, I often pine for good ol' IDL 6.4. IDL 7 offered support for 24-bit
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> PostScript output, which has been extremely helpful. And the IDLDE
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> interface, despite the fact that it changes on you with every update, is
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> helpful for those of us who can't train our fingers to use EMACS. I
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> don't think I use anything from IDL 8.
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> Did anyone provide a reason for getting rid of the help browser?
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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.idlcoyote.com/
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> Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

I was not told why the internal help is no longer present, but, in fairness, I also did not ask. Maybe we get a developer to comment? :-)

Cheers,
Haje

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		IDL help in 8.3 By: Haje Korth on Thu, 02 January 2014 10:51
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: Bill Nel on Fri, 03 January 2014 13:57
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: markb77 on Mon, 06 January 2014 00:27
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: amanda.oconnor77 on Mon, 06 January 2014 12:24
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: Haje Korth on Tue, 07 January 2014 04:42
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: David Fanning on Tue, 07 January 2014 06:24
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: Haje Korth on Tue, 07 January 2014 07:08
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: wlandsman on Tue, 07 January 2014 08:05
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: chris_torrence@NOSPAM on Wed, 08 January 2014 15:39
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: Phillip Bitzer on Wed, 08 January 2014 19:41
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: Haje Korth on Thu, 09 January 2014 16:02
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: markb77 on Tue, 07 January 2014 03:14
		Re: IDL help in 8.3 By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 07 January 2014 05:33

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