Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of Astronomical Tools/Software

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03/31/06 11:01:34 (20 years ago)

Author:

cdelarcuz

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Astronomical Tools/Software

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  * [wiki:HEASOFT]  
- * [wiki:IDL] 
+== IDL ==
+[http://rsinc.com/idl/ IDL], the Interactive Data Language, or IDL, is a product of Research Systems Inc (RSI). 
+It is a package designed to reduce, analyse and display scientific data and images. 
+IDL can be used for tasks such as: 
+Line drawing and fitting, contour and surface plotting, animation. 
+Matrix operations, solving nonlinear equations, ffts etc. 
+Writing functions and procedures. 
+and much more. More extensive information is given in the IDL FAQ. 
+Latest IDL version
+IDL 6.2 is now available under Solaris and Linux (with a very large number of floating licences). 
+
+=== TeXtoIDL ===
+[http://physweb.mnstate.edu/mcraig/TeXtoIDL/ TeXtoIDL]:
+The purpose of the TeXtoIDL routines is to make it simple to use Greek letters, 
+subscripts and superscripts in making labels for plots in IDL. This is 
+accomplished by allowing the user to use TeX control sequences for Greek letters 
+and special symbols and for sub/superscripts. The TeX control sequences are simple 
+and easy to remember, especially if you already use TeX for writing papers 
+(for those unfamiliar with TeX, an explanation of that notation is below). 
+The translation is done for either vector or PostScript fonts. 
+
+[http://idlwave.org/ IDLWAVE]:
+This package has been installed as part of Emacs to enable it to understand 
+IDL syntax, which is very useful when writing IDL scripts. A number of lines 
+should be added to your ~/.emacs file, and IDLWAVE online information which can 
+be viewed with `M-x idlwave-info', or follow the Menu entry in the IDLWAVE menu. 
+IDLWAVE also enables running an IDL shell within emacs - type:
+
+        M-X idlwave-shell
+
+which runs your settup defined by the environment variable IDL_STARTUP. 
+
+
+
  * [wiki:pgplot] 
  * [wiki:ximtool]