points = (2 * !PI / 99.0) * FINDGEN(100)

for q = 0, 49, 2 do begin

    temp_points = points[q*2:(q+1)*2-1]

    x = hmin * COS(temp_points)

    y = hmin * SIN(temp_points)

    arr = TRANSPOSE([[x],[y]])

    plots, arr, /data

endfor

device,filename=filename,/color,xsize=24,ysize=18, /landscape

.

.

.

device,/close

cgFixPS, filename, /A4

cgps2pdf, filename

see this: http://www.idlcoyote.com/ip_tips/xstretch.php

/esoform-97A$ convert -density 300 fit.ps fit.pdf

1. un-tar the file (http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/fitsio/)

2. /cfitsio$ export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -g -O2"

3. /cfitsio$ ./configure

4. /cfitsio$ make

(to see what processes are running by 'robert')

$ ps -ef | grep robert

or

$ pgrep -l -u robert

(.bashrc from the remote machine)

export DISPLAY=localhost:10.0

(by using ppid) 

$ pkill -STOP -P ppid

background run in idl8.2

$ nohup nice $IDL_DIR/bin/idl < ghost.pro > out.txt 2> log.txt &

'ghost.pro' has following contents only : 

.rn step2.pro

go

host-iMac:~ host$ idl

dyld: Symbol not found: _inflateReset2

  Referenced from: /System/Library/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPng.dylib

  Expected in: /Applications/itt/idl71/bin/bin.darwin.x86_64/libz.1.dylib

 in /System/Library/Frameworks/ImageIO.framework/Versions/A/Resources/libPng.dylib

remove libz.1.dylib from /Applications/itt/idl71/bin/bin.darwin.x86_64/

:)