I have put version 1.30 of idl.el at the following locations:

   ftp://fermi.jhuapl.edu/pub/idl_emacs/idl.el
ftp://eos.crseo.ucsb.edu/pub/idl/idl.el.Z

idl.el is an intelligent editing mode used in GNU emacs for your
".pro" files.  Also at the same locations you can find idl-shell.el
for running IDL as a subprocess of emacs.

The comments at the beginning of the file describe the mode use,
installation and customization.

This version has a minor change from the previous version to better
handle the indent of the first line of a comment paragraph and to
optionally use the hanging indent character on the first line of a
comment paragraph.

The better first line handling allows things like lining up the
hanging indent for successive paragraphs, i.e.:

; FOO     - This is the name of some useless variable. The hanging
;           indent will stay at its current position if the paragraph
;           is refilled.
;
; LONGFOO - This is a another paragraph with a hanging indent.  Now
;           if one lines up the hanging indent in successive
;           paragraphs the position of the hanging indents will not
;           change if the paragraphs are refilled.


Chris Chase
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