Tag Archives: IDL 8

Where am I?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

Well, more accurately, “where on the filesystem is the source for the currently scoped routine?”, but that’s not a catchy title. In IDL 8.2.2, the ROUTINE_FILEPATH function was modified to return this information when called without any parameters. Here’s a … Continue reading →

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The bigger picture in 2013

Posted on May 9, 2013 by

Regular readers of this blog know that I love to show off the neat things you can do with IDL, usually with some code. I thought I’d try something different today, though. As product manager, I help set the agenda … Continue reading →

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Coming soon: IDL 8.2.3

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

IDL 8.2.3 is scheduled to be released on May 21. While this is primarily a maintenance release, we’ve included several new routines. They are: BUBBLEPLOT VOLUME FILE_ZIP FILE_UNZIP FILE_GZIP FILE_GUNZIP FILE_TAR FILE_UNTAR ZLIB_COMPRESS ZLIB_UNCOMPRESS IDLffVideoRead class QUERY_VIDEO READ_VIDEO WRITE_VIDEO TERMINAL_SIZE BUBBLEPLOT … Continue reading →

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Modifying the size and position of a plot

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

In IDL 8 (a.k.a. New) Graphics, you can interactively move and resize plots in a window. For example, make a test plot in red: IDL> p = plot([0,1], ‘r’) Select the plot by clicking the mouse in the interior of … Continue reading →

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An update to the CURRENT keyword

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

(Note: I’m out of town this week; this is a short post I banked earlier in the year.) The IDL 8 (a.k.a. New) Graphics CURRENT keyword got a useful update in IDL 8.2.2: instead of being a Boolean, it now accepts … Continue reading →

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IDL 8.2.2 released!

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

IDL 8.2.2 is now available for download from our website, exelisvis.com. Although it’s primarily a maintenance release (including 104 bugs fixed), it also has some meat, with updates in, primarily, the categories of (New) Graphics, language and file access. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Getting the IDL process identifier on Linux

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Atle Borsholm showed me this technique for getting IDL’s process identifier (or process id or pid) on Linux (though it should work on any UNIX-based system): IDL> pid = call_external(‘libc.so.6′, ‘getpid’) IDL> print, pid 22468 I used this recently with pmap … Continue reading →

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Coming soon: IDL 8.2.2

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

IDL 8.2.2 is complete and set to be released in early February. While this is a maintenance release, there are several new and improved features which I think are pretty cool. Here’s a teaser (from an 8.2.2 build on my … Continue reading →

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A visualization of polar winds

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

Earlier this fall, I worked with Hyungmin Lee (University of Colorado) on creating a visualization of polar wind data from the Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5. Here’s the result: The top row depicts, in a polar stereographic projection, Northern … Continue reading →

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AGU User Group wrap-up

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

Thank you to everyone who participated in the ENVI & IDL User Group meeting last night. I had fun, and I think I was still giving rational responses to questions after a pint or two of “truth serum.” Should we … Continue reading →

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