Re: Problem with pause -1 ?

[Ethan A M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Monday 09 October 2006 05:59 pm, Joe Koski wrote:
> 
> First, the script doesn't pause for a carriage return at pause -1

That is correct.
You cannot control the execution of a script using 'pause -1'.

Here is why:
'pause -1' means "wait until more input is available".
In a keyboard session, this means in effect "wait until the
guy behind the keyboard types something".  But in a scripted
session, more input is *always* available, right up until you
run off the end of the script.

> Shouldn't pause -1 work, even in script input mode? 

No.  What would it mean?  Pause until....what, exactly?
You can tell it "pause mouse" instead, if you like.
Then it will wait for a mouse click, even if you are
in a script.

> Tell me if I should submit this as a bug report.

Nope.

-- 
Ethan A Merritt
Biomolecular Structure Center
University of Washington, Seattle 98195-7742