Tag Archives: Jim Pendleton

Determining a library version

(I’ve been out for a week, so today’s post is short. I’ll return shortly to the sunspot number data from last week’s post.) What’s the version number of the GRIB library in the current IDL release? I should probably know … Continue reading

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Aligning widgets

(Note:  Today, since I’m giving a webinar, we have another guest post by Jim Pendleton, an Advisory Consultant in the Exelis VIS Professional Services Group.  I indented his code for him. –MP) Working with IDL’s widget geometry can be challenging … Continue reading

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On the dangers of keyword inheritance

(Note: This is a guest post by Jim Pendleton, an Advisory Consultant in the Exelis VIS Professional Services Group. Jim has been using IDL longer than anyone, including himself, can remember. He’s also my IDL guru—when I have IDL questions, … Continue reading

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