| Re: AXP VMS IDL problem with Control_C? [message #3553] |
Fri, 24 February 1995 04:48  |
gurman
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In article <23FEB199510395357@sorbet.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
landsman@sorbet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Wayne Landsman (301)-286-3625) wrote:
> We are having problems with the Control_C interrupt in VMS IDL running under
> AXP OpenVMS 6.1. The first time one calls Control_C it works properly,
> as a keyboard interrupt returning one to the IDL prompt. But on subsequent
> calls, it behaves like Control_Y and aborts one to the $ prompt. This
> problem seems to occur under IDL V3.5, V3.6 and V3.6.1c, but didn't occur
> the old operating system V1.5 and doesn't occur on the Vaxes. The problem
> can be quite serious as the only way to abort an infinite or long IDL loop is
> to abort the session.
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> Is anyone else familiar with this problem, and possibly found a solution?
Wayne -
For what it's worth, this behavior seems to follow the second ^C in
any OpenVMS AXP application, including DEC ones. I wonder if it's an
(intentional) feature....
Joe Gurman
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Joseph B. Gurman / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ Solar Data Analysis Center / Code 682 / Greenbelt MD 20771 USA / gurman@uvsp.gsfc.nasa.gov
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