IDL in DAMTP

We currently have IDL versions 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0 installed. The default version is currently 7.1. It is available on Linux and OSX computers.

The more useful commands are idl and idlde, and adding numbers to the end often refers to a specific version, e.g.

Commandeffect
idl command-line interaction with idl - current default version
idlde the graphical idl development environment (eclipse based)
idl80 command-line interaction with idl 8.0
idlde80 the graphical idl 8.0 development environment (eclipse based)

See also info items about idl e.g. for details of when newer versions were released.