Resetting, compiling etc

To reset everything

IDL> .f

(well, almost everything - we'll see exceptions later.)

To compile e.g. dubya.pro

.compile dubya.pro

Actually it really just checks the syntax plus a bit more (see later).

To run e.g. dubya.pro

dubya

stop

in a procedure stops it. You can then print/change variables, do plots etc. Very useful for debugging (e.g. dubya, usestop=1).

IDL> .con

then continues.