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| Re: project_vol() in IDL [message #11159] |
Thu, 26 February 1998 00:00  |
mgs
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In article <MPG.f5eaf06c86c1a8a989728@news.frii.com>, davidf@dfanning.com
(David Fanning) wrote:
> Grant W. Petty (gpetty@rain.atms.purdue.edu) writes:
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>> Today's my first day using IDL and I must say...
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> Sigh...
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> My next book is going to be entitled How To Do Really, Really
> Hard Things on Your First Day Using IDL. I'm going to use
> examples I have collected from this newsgroup. :-)
I got to thinking about my first day with IDL. I was asked to develop an
application for viewing data from an upcoming satellite. New job, new
project, new reason for headaches.
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>> command line history/editing/completion capabilities, a la the UNIX
>> tcsh shell. It's a pain to have to retype an entire lengthy command
>> from scratch when all I want to do is change one parameter!
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> Now here is a question I *DO* know how to answer. :-)
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> There should be no reason to re-type a lengthy command from
> scratch. IDL has a command "history" buffer that is accessible
> using the UP arrow key. Simply recalling the command and
> editing it before hitting the Carriage Return will do the
> job. The history buffer can be increased in size to more
> than the default 20 commands if need be.
...
There is also a FAQ for the newsgroup available at
http://ww2.sd.cybernex.net/~mgs/idl_faq.html
This is somewhat covered by topic T02.
--
Mike Schienle Interactive Visuals
mgs@sd.cybernex.net http://ww2.sd.cybernex.net/~mgs/
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