In response to some feedback, I have updated idl.el and idl-shell.el
(formerly called idl-shell-model.el)

The latest versions:

idl.el 1.4

A Gnu emacs editing mode for IDL/WAVE procedure files.  Incorporates
features of wave.el by Lubos Pochman, Precision Visuals, Boulder.


idl-shell.el 1.5

Run IDL/WAVE as a subprocess of Gnu Emacs in a buffer. It is only
really useful for emacs and IDL running under X windows. Use all the
familiar emacs commands including command history.  Also set
breakpoints in source code visible in another window and see the
display of the current line of execution in the source.  This is based
on comint.el so it requires Gnu Emacs version 19 to run.  This is
essentially a beta test release.

You can obtain these via anonymous ftp at:

jaameri.gsfc.nasa.gov

in the directory /pub/idl

I appreciate Pat Ryan (keeper of the FAQ) making his archive available
for distributing this.  I think it would be too distracting to
distribute the source on a regular basis via comp.lang.idl-pvwave.

I would appreciate any feedback and bug reports that you can give me,
even if it is "how do I use such and such or accomplish this and
that?"

I hope you find this useful,
Chris
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