| Re: IDLWAVE Users of IDL v7 [message #58559] |
Fri, 01 February 2008 12:55  |
JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Feb 1, 2:19 pm, Vince Hradil <hrad...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 1, 12:25 pm, JD Smith <jdtsm...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> This message is for those IDL 7 users of IDLWAVE, whom David hasn't
>> lured away to the Workbench with his tales of splendorous delight ;).
>> ITTVIS made some significant changes to the help system with IDL 7,
>> which break IDLWAVE's integration with help, and it's ability to find
>> the routine information shipped with IDL. You can find out more at
>> this Tech Tip:
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>> http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=4323
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>> The workaround outlined there is to install 6.4's help system in
>> place, so you get the old Assistant. This isn't ideal, but some of
>> the features of IDLWAVE's help system are no longer possible with the
>> Workbench-based help, the largest one being direct linking to help on
>> individual keywords. ITTVIS is working to resolve these issues, so
>> for now, this is the best approach. Also, since very little changed
>> in the language, it's not as silly as it seems.
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>> Unfortunately, moving the XML routine information file from help/
>> online_help to help/ has had larger consequences; since IDLWAVE
>> expects to know where that file is for many things. If you'd like a
>> simpler workaround, and don't mind going without the help system for
>> now, simply link or copy the file idl_catalog.xml from idl/help/ to
>> idl/help/online_help/.
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>> JD
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> BTW - has anyone gotten idlwave to with emacs in windows? The command
> line, I mean.
There was some recent action between Dick Jackson and an ITTVIS
engineer who had rolled a command line Windows IDL executable. Dick
reported some good success after a few rounds of iteration. I don't
know the release status of the Windows shell, but in principle,
IDLWAVE Window's users should soon be able to join the rest of us with
real *idl* shell access.
JD
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