>> convert .dvi to .eps

: bash$ dvips -E file.dvi -o file.eps

>> edit size of the eps file 

:  find "%%BoundingBox: LX LY UX UY" from 'file.eps', where LX and LY are coordinates of lower-left corner and UX and UY are upper-right corner, respectively.

>> use the eps file in LaTeX

          'leq':     = '!9' + String("154B) + '!X'
          'geq':    = '!9' + String("142B) + '!X'
          'neq':    = '!9' + String("75B) + '!X' 
          'deg':    = '!9' + String("45B) + '!X'
          '+-':       = '!9' + String("53B) + '!X'
          'equiv':    = '!9' + String("72B) + '!X'
          'prime':    = '!9' + String("140B) + '!X'
          'angstrom': = '!3' + String("305B) + '!X'
          'sun':      = '!D!9n!N!X'
          'varphi':   = '!9' + String("120B) + '!X'
          'infinity': = '!9' + String("44B) + '!X'
          'copyright': = '!3' + String("251B) + '!X'
          'up':       = '!U'
          'down':     = '!D'
          'exp':      = '!E'
          'sub':      = '!I'
          'n':        = '!N'
          'div':      = '!9' + String("57B) + '!X'
          'times':    = '!9' + String("130B) + '!X'

- CIAO

- XSPEC

- tcl

- & IDL

Assuming that the user home directory is /Users/name (like my macbook air) and all the stuff will be installed under /Users/name/lib. 

add the following lines to .bashrc :

And then, download IDLUTILS and compile it :

Add the following lines to .bashrc :

Download the tarball and compile the source codes:

Test as below : 

(The original post written by Taro)

1) <go.sh> have followings. 

nohup ./run1.sh > nohup_run1.out &

: after running <run1.sh> then you'll get <nohup_run1.out> as a by-product. 

2) <run1.sh> have followings.  

#!/bin/bash

idl<<!

.run run1

go,/for_errors

!

: <run1.pro> should have command "go,/for_errors"

** if bash can't find IDL command, then try below

$IDL_DIR/bin/idl<<!

3) both shell files should have 755 permission

> chmod 755 *.sh 

4) run <go.sh>

> ./go.sh

at the directory that you want to compress including sub-directories. 

(change 30mb to 1024mb)

compress : tar -cvf - ./ | split -b 30mb - filename.tar.gz

extract : cat filename.tar.gz* | tar -xvf -

Suppress axes in IDL plots

Some control of the axes in an IDL plot can be done through the [xyz]style keyword.

These keywords are bitwise so they can be added together to get a combination of effects.

NOTE: if you want to just suppress the text and tick marks in one of the axes:

plot, x, y, yticks = 1, ytickname = [' ', ' ']

This will set the plot to have only one major tick interval at the top and bottom of the axis and name them with a string with an empty space.

(copyright on "follow the sheep")

** extracting multiple .tar in a single call **

kaysoh$ for i in *.gz; do tar -xvf $i; done

if you are using .gz file then replace -xvf with -xzvf.

a. macports : http://www.macports.org/install.php

b. XQuartz : http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

c. sudo port install ghostscript

d. sudo port install gv

e. add +/Applications on .bashrc

terminal — settings — keyboard tab

home : \033[1~
end : \033[4~
page-up : \033[5~
page-down : \033[6~