Department of Physics and Astronomy
Bucknell University

IDL Tutorial: Starting IDL

Under Windows XP, start IDL by selecting

Start → RSI IDL Virtual Machine → IDL

Under Linux, start up a terminal, and enter idl for the command line interface, or idlde for the development environment, which includes an editor, etc.

To get help, enter ? at the command prompt. A new help window should appear.

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The IDL development GUI has an editor built in to manage scripts and codes, but you should feel free to use your text editor of choice (vi, emacs, notepad, textpad, whatever).

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