IDL Workbench Tips

• What in the world is the IDL Workbench, and how come I never heard of it?
• IDL 7.0 just arrived. How do I set things up in the IDL Workbench?
• Is there a minimum hardware requirement for the IDL Workbench?
• Say, uh, where did my graphics windows go in the IDL Workbench?
• Whoa! Did my file path just change in the IDL Workbench?
• When the IDL Workbench starts up, it spends a lot of time analyzing code. Why?
• Can you show me how to set-up Subversion version control in IDL 7?
• Say, uh, I exited the IDL Workbench, but my IDL program is still running. Is that normal?
• How do I select the language the IDL Workbench speaks?
• Do you have general instructions for setting up Source Code Management in IDL 7?
• How come DIALOG_PICKFILE starts looking for files in a strange directory?
• The IDL Workbench won't let me make projects! Is it something I said!?
• What does a java.lang.NullPointerException error mean in the IDL Workbench?
• How do I insert a programming template into my file in the IDL Workbench?
• Can I add other language plug-ins to the IDL Workbench?
• Can I add the IDL Workbench to my current Eclipse installation?
• Yikes! The IDL 7 Workbench won't quit “analyzing code”. What's going on?
• The heartwenching saga of the IDL 7 Workbench Path Problem from Hell.
• Do you have a tip that might make me feel warm and fuzzy toward the IDL Workbench?
• How come the IDL Workbench doesn't always stop at a breakpoint?
• How come the IDL Workbench hangs in simple main-level loops?
• Are there other problems with the IDL 7.0.1 Workbench I should know about?
• Yikes! Control characters effect my IDL programs when typed in the Workbench editor. Is this normal?
• I can't type commands in my UNIX Workbench without crashing IDL. It's a bother!
• Yikes! IDL worked yesterday. Now it won't even start!
• Is it possible to turn the automatic word search off in the IDL Workbench?