The easiest way to start IDL is by launching the IDL Workbench, which is an Eclipse-based graphical user interface.
You can also run IDL in command-line mode, which uses a text-only interface and sends output to your terminal screen or shell window. See Command-line Options for IDL Startup for details.
To launch IDL:
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Operating
System
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Workbench |
Command Line |
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Windows 64-bit
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Start > IDL x.x
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Start > IDL x.x IDL Command Line
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Mac 64-bit
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Double-click on the idl icon in your IDL installation folder
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Enter idlde at the X11 Terminal window shell prompt
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Click on the idl icon in your IDL installation folder
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Enter idl at the X11 Terminal window shell prompt
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Linux 64-bit
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Enter idlde at the shell prompt
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Enter idl at the shell prompt
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To launch IDL from the shell prompt, you must first explicitly open a terminal window and set up each IDL user's environment.
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Quitting IDL
To quit IDL from the command line, type EXIT.