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Re: IDL 6.3 Intel in Mac + IDLWAVE + graphics = CRASH [message #50094]

Thu, 14 September 2006 03:21

Edd Edmondson
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Registered: January 2003

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jgc <javier_corripio@yahoo.fr> wrote:

>> Your solution is to do whatever it is you need to do to get the DISPLAY
>> variable set in the shell environment in which IDLWAVE is running. My
>> wild guess is that you are starting emacs/IDLWAVE from either a Terminal
>> app or some desktop shortcut and you're not getting the DISPLAY variable
>> set.
>>
>> Karl

> That makes sense and it was so simple!

> It works beautifully now
> alias Emacs='/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs &'
> and calling it from the xterminal.

Bit off topic, but you may like to replace that with 'open -a
Emacs'. Sort of 'more proper', quicker to type, and will still open
Emacs if you decided for some reason to move it to another location.

--
Edd

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		Re: IDL 6.3 Intel in Mac + IDLWAVE + graphics = CRASH By: Edd Edmondson on Thu, 14 September 2006 03:21
		Re: IDL 6.3 Intel in Mac + IDLWAVE + graphics = CRASH By: jgc on Wed, 13 September 2006 12:08
		Re: IDL 6.3 Intel in Mac + IDLWAVE + graphics = CRASH By: Karl Schultz on Wed, 13 September 2006 08:09
		Re: IDL 6.3 Intel in Mac + IDLWAVE + graphics = CRASH By: JD Smith on Tue, 19 September 2006 10:26

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