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IDLWAVE is a package which supports editing source code written in
the Interactive Data Language (IDL), and running IDL as an inferior
shell.
Introduction- What IDLWAVE is, and what it is not
- IDLWAVE in a Nutshell
- One page quick-start guide
- Getting Started
- Tutorial
- The IDLWAVE Major Mode
- The mode for editing IDL programs
- The IDLWAVE Shell
- The mode for running IDL as an inferior program
- Acknowledgements
- Who did what
- Sources of Routine Info
- How does IDLWAVE know about routine XYZ
- HTML Help Browser Tips
- Configuration Examples
- The user is king
- Windows and MacOS
- What still works, and how
- Troubleshooting
- When good computers turn bad
- GNU Free Documentation License
- The license for this documentation.
- Index
- Fast access
--- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Getting Started (Tutorial)
- Lesson I -- Development Cycle
- Lesson II -- Customization
- Lesson III -- User Catalog
The IDLWAVE Major Mode
- Code Formatting
- Making code look nice
- Routine Info
- Calling Sequence and Keyword List
- Online Help
- One key press from source to help
- Completion
- Completing routine names and Keywords
- Routine Source
- Finding routines, the easy way
- Resolving Routines
- Force the Shell to compile a routine
- Code Templates
- Frequent code constructs
- Abbreviations
- Abbreviations for common commands
- Actions
- Changing case, Padding, End checking
- Doc Header
- Inserting a standard header
- Motion Commands
- Moving through the structure of a program
- Misc Options
- Things that fit nowhere else
Code Formatting
- Code Indentation
- Reflecting the logical structure
- Continued Statement Indentation
- Comment Indentation
- Special indentation for comment lines
- Continuation Lines
- Splitting statements over lines
- Syntax Highlighting
- Font-lock support
- Octals and Highlighting
- Why "123 causes problems
Online Help
- Help with HTML Documentation
- Help with Source
Completion
- Case of Completed Words
- CaseOFcomPletedWords
- Object Method Completion and Class Ambiguity
- obj->Method, what?
- Object Method Completion in the Shell
- Class and Keyword Inheritance
- obj->Method, _EXTRA=e
- Structure Tag Completion
- Completing state.Tag
Actions
- Block Boundary Check
- Is the END statement correct?
- Padding Operators
- Enforcing space around `=' etc
- Case Changes
- Enforcing upper case keywords
The IDLWAVE Shell
- Starting the Shell
- How to launch IDL as a subprocess
- Using the Shell
- Interactively working with the Shell
- Commands Sent to the Shell
- Debugging IDL Programs
- Examining Variables
- Custom Expression Examination
Debugging IDL Programs
- A Tale of Two Modes
- Debug Key Bindings
- Breakpoints and Stepping
- Compiling Programs
- Walking the Calling Stack
- Electric Debug Mode
Sources of Routine Info
- Routine Definitions
- Where IDL Routines are defined.
- Routine Information Sources
- So how does IDLWAVE know about...
- Catalogs
- Load-Path Shadows
- Routines defined in several places
- Documentation Scan
- Scanning the IDL Manuals
Catalogs
- Library Catalogs
- User Catalog
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