1. Open up a
text editor (Notepad for example) and use it to
create a new IDL startup file.
2. Save the file
(e.g. idl_startup.pro) in a convenient location
on your pc. For example, you might want to place it in c:\ssw\site\setup.
Don't save it in any of the ssw instrument subdirectories
or it will be erased during an update. Exit the text editor.
3. In the ssw setup directory, locate the file named
"sswidl.bat".
If you installed ssw on your c:\ drive, you will find it here:
c:\ssw\site\setup\sswidl.bat.
4. Open
the file in a text editor. You will see the following
text:
rem A personal
startup can be defined by editing the following statement
rem set
SSW_PERSONAL_STARTUP=c:\idl_ssw\idl_startup.pro
5. Remove the rem
statement from the second line and modify the path and/or the idl startup file
name appropriately. Your changes would look like this if you
followed the suggestions in step #2 above:
rem A personal
startup can be defined by editing the following statement
set SSW_PERSONAL_STARTUP=c:\ssw\site\setup\idl_startup.pro
6.
Users can also add additional instruments to the following line:
set
SSW_INSTR=hessi xray spex
7. Save the changes and exit
the text editor.