Igor language cleanup (object oriented?)
| mswitkes | March 20, 2009 - 07:54 | ||
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So this is a big one, but after over 10 years of Igor programming, I still spend an awful lot of time trying to remember the name of that function (GetWindow, DoWindow, WinName, WinType, etc.). I'd be thrilled with a semi-object oriented approach. I'd love, for example to be able to write statements like print graph0.fooTrace.rgb print wave0.note and so on. It's a big change, and it's probably beyond the realm of the possible, but if you don't ask... |
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Joined: 2007-06-21
Location: United States
I agree that this would be a good thing. It would be a massive amount of work. I don't think it is worth doing unless it is fully baked.
Open the PDF manual and look at "Built-in Functions by Category" and "Built-in Operations by Category" in Volume V. This might be helpful.
Igor's help browser could also do a better job of making things easier to find. This is on the to-do list.
Joined: 2007-09-19
Location: Germany
Igor's help browser could also do a better job of making things easier to find. This is on the to-do list.
One thing that comes to my mind would be to enable Command-F (find text) for the functions and operations list (left column of the Command Help tab of the Help Browser).