IDL 8.2.2 released!

IDL 8.2.2 is now available for download from our website, exelisvis.com. Although it's primarily a maintenance release (including 104 bugs fixed), it also has some meat, with updates in, primarily, the categories of (New) Graphics, language and file access. Here's a more detailed listing of new and improved features: Graphics

• Improved multiplot and large data performance
• New BOXPLOT, SCATTERPLOT and SCATTERPLOT3D functions
• New SCALE_FACTOR and SCALE_CENTER properties for the IMAGE function
• New properties for displaying the horizon line with MAPGRID
• CURRENT keyword now accepts a window reference
• POSITION property is get/set for all Graphics objects

Language

• Improved random number generator in RANDOMU/RANDOMN
• New TIMESTAMP function constructs ISO 8601 dates/times
• New TIC and TOC routines for timing code
• New !CONST system variable provides values for physical constants
• ROUTINE_FILEPATH, called with no argument, returns path to currently scoped routine

File Access

• CDF library updated to 3.4.1
• HDF4 library updated to 4.2r8
• HDF-EOS library updated to 2.18

Analysis

• New IMAGE_THRESHOLD function provides several automatic image thresholding techniques
• IDL Math & Stats module is now supported on 64-bit Windows and Linux

Workbench

• Editor autocompletes BEGIN-END blocks
• Code is autoindented when pasted into Editor

I've prepared a set of programmatic examples that demonstrate several of these improvements; please grab them here [ZIP, 660 KB] and experiment with them!