oh -- exit also clears all pending timeOut scripts...
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Robert Hanson <hans...@stolaf.edu> wrote:
> Eric, here's the scoop.
>
> There are a few undocumented features of quit and exit, and yes, there was
> a change there. (That we can certainly undo.)
>
> Right now:
>
> from the command line:
>
> "exit" clears he script queue, stops all processes, including scripts,
> spinning, and minimization.
> "quit" stops any currently running script and also stops minimization.
> "!exit" does the same
> "!quit" does the same
>
> at the beginning of a script:
>
> "exit" stops all processes and stops spinning (that last, I think, is a
> bug).
> "quit" stops the currently running script and clears the script queue.
> "!exit" clears the script queue, stops all processes, including scripts,
> spinning, and minimization, and then runs the script.
> "!quit" stops any currently running scripts, stops minimization, and then
> runs the script.
>
> anywhere else within a script:
>
> "exit" clears all pending scripts and then exits the current script.
> "quit" or "return" just exits the currently running script and continues
> others that are pending. But I think there might be a bug there with "quit"
> if it occurs within a for or while loop AND the script is being called by
> another script file.
>
> I need to test that.
>
> I propose the following -- script or command line:
>
> "exit" stops all scripts and clears the script queue.
> "quit" stops the currently running script.
> "!exit" clears the script queue, stops all processes, including scripts,
> spinning, and minimization.
> "!quit" stops any currently running scripts, stops spinning, and stops
> minimization.
>
>
> What do you think?
>
> Bob
>
> ps. Why would you want the toggle spin on/off to also clear the script
> queue, by the way? Wouldn't it be better just to use
>
> !show spin
>
> or if you want to use the newer method:
>
> !if(_spinning){spin off} else {spin on}
>
> so that you are interrupting any currently running script but not wiping it
> out?
>
> Bob
>
>
> --
> Robert M. Hanson
> Professor of Chemistry
> St. Olaf College
> 1520 St. Olaf Ave.
> Northfield, MN 55057
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
> phone: 507-786-3107
>
>
> If nature does not answer first what we want,
> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
> -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
>
--
Robert M. Hanson
Professor of Chemistry
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
phone: 507-786-3107
If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.
-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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