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README file: <RSI_Directory>
<IDL_Directory>
IDL Version 5.0
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This file includes the following information:
- Note on README files
- Information files on CD-ROM
- Note on location of release notes
- Description of the IDL Directory Tree
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Note on README files
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The IDL CD-ROM and directory tree contain a number of files
named README.TXT (Unix and Windows platforms), AAREADME.TXT
(VMS platforms), or ReadMe (Macintosh platforms). Consult
the README file in any directory for information on the files
contained in that directory. If a directory does not have
its own README file, that directory's contents are explained
in its parent directory's README file.
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Informational Files on the CD-ROM
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The IDL CD-ROM includes a subdirectory named "info" at the root
level. The "info" directory contains platform-specific release
notes (in appropriately named files) and information about IDL's
network license management facilities. See the readme.txt file
in the "info" directory for details.
Note that the files in the "info" directory are not installed
in your IDL directory tree.
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Note on location of Release Notes
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There are two types of release notes for this version of
IDL. One set of release notes are contained in the IDL
online help file. To view the release notes, click the
"Contents" button in the online help viewer, select the
Contents tab, and select the "IDL Online Help Navigator"
topic. From this topic, click on "Release Notes".
A second set of release notes, which were too late to include
in the online help file, are found in the file rel_note.txt.
You will find one copy of the rel_note.txt file in the "info"
directory on the CD-ROM; another copy is installed in the
main IDL directory on your hard disk.
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Description of the IDL Directory Tree
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When you install IDL, you are asked to choose an installation
directory. Research Systems recommends different directories
on different platforms:
Unix: /usr/local/rsi
VMS: SYS$SYSDEVICE:[IDL]
Windows: \RSI (on the drive that has the WINDOWS directory)
Macintosh: RSI folder (on the startup drive)
You may choose a different directory for your installation.
In any case, in these README files, we refer to this installation
directory as the <RSI_Directory>.
IDL itself (and any other Research Systems' products) are installed
in subdirectories of the <RSI_Directory>. Again, the actual name
of the subdirectory differs on different platforms:
Unix: idl_5 (with a symbolic link to idl)
VMS: SYS$SYSDEVICE:[IDL]
Windows: IDL50
Macintosh: IDL 5.0
You cannot change the name of the IDL directory in your <RSI_Directory>.
In these README files, we refer to this directory as the <IDL_Directory>.
There are six subdirectories in the <IDL_Directory>. They are:
bin (Unix and VMS only)
This subdirectory contains the shell scripts or command
procedures needed to run IDL. There is a subdirectory in
this directory named "bin.<platform>" where <platform>
is the name of your operating system (for example, on a
Sun computer running Solaris, the directory is named
bin.solaris2.sparc), which contains the actual binary
files.
Note: On Windows and Macintosh platforms, the binary files
are located in <IDL_Directory>.
examples This directory contains example code written in the IDL
language, demos, and programs used by the IDL documentation.
external This directory contains information and sample code
relating to Callable IDL and CALL_EXTERNAL/LINKIMAGE
programs -- that is, programs written in languages other
than IDL that link to IDL or use IDL as a library.
help This directory contains files used by IDL's online help
system and files displayed by some IDL widget applications
when you click the "help" button.
lib This directory contains the library of IDL routines which
are themselves written in the IDL language.
resource This directory contains resources including map databases,
font support, color tables, ODBC drivers, and (on Motif
platforms) X Window System resources.
Each of the subdirectories has its own README file; consult those
files for further information.