xop resident or transient as default

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Wed, 09/04/2013 - 08:11 am

Is the IGOR XOP default resident or transient?

The xopman6.pdf says resident ----- "The XOPType field is initialized by Igor to be RESIDENT"
The xop.h file says transient ----- #define TRANSIENT 0 //default for XOPType

Would someone know which it might be?
Thanks

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It is initialized to resident.

Nowadays there is not reason to be transient. Transient is from 20 years ago when computers had 1 MB of RAM.

Also any XOP that adds an external function or an external operation via Operation Handler is automatically set to resident and must remain resident.

September 4, 2013 at 02:13 pm - Permalink

Howard,
it would be nice to be able to install/update XOP's through an IGOR script. This would require XOP's to be loaded and unloaded.

September 4, 2013 at 10:38 pm - Permalink

Quote:
it would be nice to be able to install/update XOP's through an IGOR script. This would require XOP's to be loaded and unloaded.


This is (still) on the to-do list.

September 5, 2013 at 06:12 am - Permalink