27-12-2015, 08:48 AM
Hi All,
The IDL langauge in which SkippyStak is written is an interpreted, threaded language that produces partially compiled code
that can be saved out to a file, and read back in.
In the case of SkippyStak, that "sav" file is about 460kB in size at the moment. The rest of the 32MB full download consists sof all sorts of library and other accessory files.
What this means is that I only need to upload the small sav file for you to get any new coding mode/functionality, and
you just need to download the sav file, and copy it in place over the existing sav file in your SkippyStak folder.
I suppose that if you're prudent, you might want to copy the existing sav file out of the way, so that you can revert back to it in case the dopey programmer has broken something in he new version... ;-)
Andrew (who's quite over left over Xmas ham and turkey)
The IDL langauge in which SkippyStak is written is an interpreted, threaded language that produces partially compiled code
that can be saved out to a file, and read back in.
In the case of SkippyStak, that "sav" file is about 460kB in size at the moment. The rest of the 32MB full download consists sof all sorts of library and other accessory files.
What this means is that I only need to upload the small sav file for you to get any new coding mode/functionality, and
you just need to download the sav file, and copy it in place over the existing sav file in your SkippyStak folder.
I suppose that if you're prudent, you might want to copy the existing sav file out of the way, so that you can revert back to it in case the dopey programmer has broken something in he new version... ;-)
Andrew (who's quite over left over Xmas ham and turkey)