Note on command-line Fonts

The output sent to the terminal by Ximview is formatted assume fixed-width fonts (e.g. for lining up output in columns). You get this by default with linux, but if you run IDL under Microsoft Windows, you are stuck in the "IDLDE" window, which by default uses a variable-width font for its "output" window. I suggest you change this via File -> Preferences in the IDLDE. (This also makes IDL's own error messages more comprehensible).
J. P. Leahy
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, and
Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste
jpl@jb.man.ac.uk