Re: IDL 8.5 Python Bridge [message #91670 is a reply to message #91668] |
Wed, 12 August 2015 00:14   |
robintw
Messages: 37 Registered: March 2009
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Thanks Chris - I'll post if I find any problems.
(Now I just need to persuade my university's IT services department to download a copy for me...because of course they have the account with Excelis)
Robin
On Wednesday, 12 August 2015 00:10:04 UTC+1, Chris Torrence wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 11, 2015 at 4:21:24 AM UTC-6, robintw wrote:
>> Thanks - this looks great! I do a lot of work in both Python and IDL, and this will help a lot.
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>> Out of interest, will it be possible to use ENVI API from within Python using this bridge? And if so, would both the new and old APIs work? As they're just IDL functions and objects, I'd assume they would work - but I wondered if there would be issues if I tried to use the GUI manipulation functions (eg. to view images).
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>> Cheers,
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>> Robin
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> Hi Robin,
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> In general, you can use any IDL or ENVI routines from within Python. However, sometimes it seems like IDL/ENVI widget applications don't play nicely with Python and Python will crash. I haven't done too much digging to find out exactly why, but if you encounter any issues, definitely post them on the newsgroup.
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> Cheers,
> Chris
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