Download or read book Practical IDL Programming written by Liam E. Gumley and published by Morgan Kaufmann. This book was released on 2002 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1 : Introduction -- 2 : Fundamentals of IDL Syntax -- 3 : Writing IDL Programs -- 4 : Input and Output -- 5 : Direct Graphics -- 6 : Plotting Data -- 7 : Displaying Images -- 8 : Creating Graphical Output -- 9 : Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) -- Appendix A : IDL on the Internet -- Appendix B : Mathematical Routines -- Appendix C : Widget Event Structures -- Appendix D : Widget Properties -- Appendix E : Graphics Device Properties.