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On a Windows PC, the displays are just shades of gray, instead of color coded output from the show_* routines. What is wrong?

April 26, 2017coded color displays Gray output pc shades Windows

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On a Windows PC, the displays are just shades of gray, instead of color coded output from the show_* routines. What is wrong?

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Users of the IDL tools on Windows machines should add the following line to the end of the STARTUP.PRO file: device,decomposed=0 (Be sure to restart IDL after making this change to your STARTUP.PRO.) The output from the show_* routines should be displayed in colors other than shades of gray.