comp.lang.idl-pvwave archive
Messages from Usenet group comp.lang.idl-pvwave, compiled by Paulo Penteado

Home » Public Forums » archive » behavior of .CONTINUE executive command, in IDLWAVE
Show: Today's Messages :: Show Polls :: Message Navigator
E-mail to friend 
Return to the default flat view Create a new topic Submit Reply
behavior of .CONTINUE executive command, in IDLWAVE [message #92399] Tue, 08 December 2015 09:44
MarioIncandenza is currently offline  MarioIncandenza
Messages: 231
Registered: February 2005
Senior Member
Hello IDL wizards,

I continue to use IDL in an Emacs window with the IDLWAVE IDE. I had the following unexpected experience: I was running a program interactively and found there was a correctable mistake in a routine. So:

IDL>.run my_program.pro
% Error: YOU SUCK
IDL>var='variable now set, my bad.'
IDL>.CONTINUE

And away we went. But since the mistake was in a routine called multiple times in a loop, it happened again:
% Error: YOU SUCK
IDL>var='variable now set, my bad.'
IDL>.CONTINUE

At that point, simply wanting the routine to run to completion without restarting, I dumped a series of lines into the IDLWAVE buffer, by typing them and hitting <ENTER>:

var='variable now set, my bad.'<ENTER>
.CONTINUE<ENTER>

And then I went for coffee.
When I came back, I found that the job had correctly .CONTINUE'd through the entire loop. Then it finished its job. And *THEN*, after the compiled program had reached its END, the next .CONTINUE from the command line caused the program to RESTART from the top.

Has anyone ever witnessed this behavior from .CONTINUE?

Happy holidays to all,

--Edward H.
[Message index]
 
Read Message
Previous Topic: intel fortran compiler question on windows.
Next Topic: IDLWAVE tab completion of executive commands

-=] Back to Top [=-
[ Syndicate this forum (XML) ] [ RSS ] [ PDF ]

Current Time: Wed Oct 08 16:12:04 PDT 2025

Total time taken to generate the page: 0.00418 seconds