Re: [Gnuplot-info] Checking the return of pause -1's button press

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Suresh Govindachar wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   The following command 
>       
>       pause -1 "Show this message"
> 
>   puts up a dialog box with buttons named OK and Cancel.

... on MS Windows.  Other platforms handle it differently.

>   I would like to branch based on whether the user pressed
>   on OK or Cancel.

That won't work.  If "pause -1" is in a script, and the user pressed 
'Cancel', the script is terminated.  You wouldn't reach that branch to 
decide anything.

>  Can this be done and, if so, how?  

That's what "pause mouse" is for, so use it.