See documentation of the API for the routines in this library in:

api-userdocs/index.html

Most of the routines in this library are .pro code that can easily be added to IDL_PATH, but there are some routines that are written in C that should be compiled. See `INSTALL.rst ` for instructions on how to build the C DLM's in this library.

The contents of the library are:

./

startup file

analysis/

various algorithms (sorting, sampling, etc.) and math helper routines

animation/

classes to produce animations using object graphics

calendar/

routines to deal with dates/times

cmdline_tools/

routines useful at the IDL command line

collection/

objects implementing various types of collections

cula/

CULAtools bindings

dist_tools/

routines for logging, preferences, and other miscellaneous routines useful in distributing applications

dist_tools/bindings/

routines for wrapping C routines with a DLM in a quick and nearly an automatic manner using the MG_DLM class

dist_tools/cidl

routines for creating hybrid C/IDL routines

envi/

ENVI user routines

fileio/

file input/output routines

googlevoice/

class for connecting to Google Voice

gsl/

wrappers for GNU Scientific Library (GSL) routines

hdf/

routines for reading/writing/querying HDF files

hdf5/

routines for reading/writing/querying HDF5 files

indices/

routines for handling index arrays

install_tools/

routines for installing new projects and their dependencies

introspection/

routines for inspecting variables and routines

itools/

iTools related helpers and components

markdown/

wrapper for a C implementation of John Gruber's markdown

misc/

miscellaneous routines

net/

routines for handling network communication

objects/

classes for doing object-oriented programming

profiling/

helper routines for profiling code and processing the output

save/

routines for reading/writing/querying save files

strings/

routines for manipulating strings

templating/

tools for using templated output

textmarkup/

classes for converting between text markup styles: rst, LaTex, and HTML

updater/

skeleton of an automatic updater library

vis/

visualization routines

vis/animation/

routines and classes for creating animations

vis/animation/animators/

animator classes that perform some animation action

vis/animation/easing/

classes representing easing functions i.e. functions that control the rate of an animator

vis/animation/utils/

convenience routines for doing various animations

vis/color/

routines for dealing with specifying colors and color tables

vis/directgraphics/

helper routines for direct graphics

vis/flow/

routines for visualization of vector fields

vis/geometry/

routines for manipulating polygons and other geometric structures

vis/googlechart/

IDL interface to Google Charts API

vis/graphs/

routines for visualization of trees and graphs

vis/images/

routines for display of images

vis/lineplots/

routines for creating various types of line plots

vis/misc/

more in-depth examples of using vis library routines

vis/objectgraphics/

helper routines and classes for the object graphics systems

vis/povray/

routines to create POV-Ray renderings of data in IDL

vis/surfaces/

routines to visualize surface/elevation data

vis/svg/

routines for creating SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) output

vis/tables/

routines for creating tables containing text and graphics

vis/text/

routines for handling text in graphics

vis/treemaps/

routines for creating treemaps, visual displays of weighted trees

vis/util/

utility routines for other routines

vis/vtk/

VTK file access library

vis/x3d/

x3dom output from IDL object graphics

widgets/

routines and objects for doing widget programming