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Re: Again.....plot interrupt? [message #3468]

Tue, 31 January 1995 13:49

hadfield
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Registered: October 1993

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In article <fskmjm.100@puknet.puk.ac.za>, fskmjm@puknet.puk.ac.za says...
>
> How can I interrupt the PLOT procedure without crashing the program,
> so that I don't sometimes have to wait several minutes for a plot to
> finish? I'm using IDL under Windows, and Ctrl-C doesn't make any
> impression while PLOT is running.

Sorry, I don't think you can interrupt PLOT. Under Windows' cooperative
multi-tasking, programs have to be explicitly written to yield control
of the CPU, and the IDL built-in routines don't seem to do this.

It is possible (with minimal effort) to write IDL procedures so that they
can be interrupted--contact me if you want to know how. But this only lets
you interrupt IDL between commands, not during them.

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Mark Hadfield hadfield@storm.greta.cri.nz
NIWA (Taihoro Nukurangi) NIWA.GRETA:HADFIELD
Wellington, New Zealand

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