Practical IDL Programming

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IDL Command Line

entering interactive commands, 9

platforms supported for, 8

starting IDL in, 8–9

IDL Development Environment (idlde)

add directories to IDL path, 4

for editing source files, 92

Editor window, 8

entering commands in, 8

entering interactive commands, 9

Output Log window, 8

search path setting, 93

standard input, 143

standard output, 140

starting IDL in, 8

Variable Watch window, 8

Window menu, 8

IDL (Interactive Data Language)

bitmap formats supported by, 343, 349

closing a session, 9

color models supported by, 210, 211

compared to C and Fortran, 6–7, 15, 17, 26, 38, 50

demo of capabilities, 9

development of, 1

Internet-based libraries for, 2

Internet resources, 461–464

object-oriented programming in, ...