IDL Interface Guide: Customizing IDL on Motif Systems

X Resources at the Command Line

The appearance of the UNIX IDLDE can also be customized from the command line using the command line flags described below. Command line flags are given precedence over global resource files (Idl) and user resource files (.idlde). For more information about resources, see Using X Resources to Customize IDL.

X Resource Command Line Switches

The following command line switches can be used to control the values of X resources when invoking IDL on UNIX platforms. Unless otherwise noted, switches can be combined, and can be specified in any order.

-nocommand

Hides the Output Log window and Command Line at startup. The related resource is Idl*idlde*hideCommand: True.

-command

Displays Log window and Command Input window at startup. The related resource is Idl*idlde*hideCommand: False.

-nocontrol

Hides the Control panel buttons at startup. The related resource is Idl*idlde*hideControl: True.

-control

Displays the Control Panel buttons at startup. The related resource is Idl*idlde*hideControl: False.

-nolog

Hides the Output Log at startup. The related resource is
Idl*idlde*hideLog: True.

-log

Displays the Output Log at startup. The related resource is
Idl*idlde*hideLog: False.

-nostatus

Hides the Status Bar at startup. The related resource is
Idl*idlde*hideStatus: True.

-status

Displays the Status Bar at startup. The related resource is Idl*idlde*hideStatus: False.

-single

Displays files in a single window, which is a child of the main IDLDE window. The related resource is Idl*idlde*multiWindowEdit: False.

-multi

Displays files in multiple windows, each one in a separate main level window. The related resource is Idl*idlde*multiWindowEdit: True.

-view

Displays the Multiple Document Panel in single window mode at startup. The related resource is Idl*idlde*hideView: False.

-noview

Hides the Multiple Document Panel at startup. The related resource is Idl*idlde*hideView: True.

-title "Title"

Use Title as the title of the main IDLDE window. The related resource is idlde.title.

  IDL Online Help (March 06, 2007)