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IDLWAVE

a package for Emacs which supports editing source code written in the Interactive Data Language (IDL), and running IDL as an inferior shell
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IDLWAVE

Summary

IDLWAVE is a major mode[1]. IDLWAVE is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • IDLWAVE is the creator of Carsten Dominik[3].
  • IDLWAVE's instance of is recorded as major mode[4].
  • IDLWAVE's instance of is recorded as GNU ELPA package[5].
  • IDLWAVE's instance of is recorded as free software[6].
  • IDLWAVE's maintained by is recorded as Carsten Dominik[7].
  • IDLWAVE's maintained by is recorded as John-David Smith[8].
  • IDLWAVE's movement is recorded as free software movement[9].
  • IDLWAVE's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[10].
  • IDLWAVE's programmed in is recorded as Emacs Lisp[11].
  • IDLWAVE's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[12].
  • IDLWAVE's software version identifier is recorded as 6.5.1[13].
  • IDLWAVE's part of is recorded as GNU Project[14].
  • IDLWAVE's has use is recorded as source code editor[15].
  • IDLWAVE's has use is recorded as read–eval–print loop[16].
  • IDLWAVE's has use is recorded as Interactive Data Language[17].
  • IDLWAVE's platform is recorded as GNU Emacs[18].
  • IDLWAVE's platform is recorded as XEmacs[19].
  • +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of IDLWAVE[20].
  • IDLWAVE's distributed by is recorded as GNU ELPA[21].
  • IDLWAVE's official website is recorded as https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/idlwave.html[22].
  • IDLWAVE's official website is recorded as https://github.com/jdtsmith/idlwave[23].
  • IDLWAVE's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/jdtsmith/idlwave.git[24].
  • IDLWAVE's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/elpa.git/tree/?h=externals/idlwave[25].
  • IDLWAVE's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=emacs/elpa.git;a=tree;h=refs/heads/externals/idlwave;hb=refs/heads/externals/idlwave[26].
  • IDLWAVE's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/idlwave.html[27].

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Authorship and Creation

IDLWAVE is the creator of Carsten Dominik[3].

Publication

IDLWAVE's part of is recorded as GNU Project[14].

Subject and Themes

IDLWAVE's movement is recorded as free software movement[9].

Why It Matters

IDLWAVE is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Related Entities

Emacs Lisp free software GNU ELPA GNU Project Interactive Data Language John-David Smith read–eval–print loop

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . elpa.gnu.org. Retrieved . elpa.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . reddit.com. Retrieved . reddit.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . reddit.com. Retrieved . reddit.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . lists.gnu.org. Retrieved . lists.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . elpa.gnu.org. Retrieved . elpa.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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