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From: "Scott Caissie" <scottac@nb.sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: output pacing questions
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After changing the output pacing, I wanted to change it back to the original
value which is why I wanted to know the default value after it was done its
task.
"Frank da Cruz" <fdc@columbia.edu> wrote in message
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> On 2006-05-02, Scott Caissie <scottac@nb.sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Whats the default pacing speed? I'm guessing 1 millisecond.
>>
> Default is no pacing at all. If you "output foo" then "foo" is sent
> as a string.
>
>> Can I turn off the pre-check for pacing speed?
>> When I increase this to a significant number such as 1000-2000
>> milliseconds,
>> and try to output a string, it waits the full duration in COMMAND mode
>> for
>> the pacing. When I go to CONNECT mode, it takes an equal amount of time
>> to
>> output it. I have no problem with the last part. Its suppose to output at
>> a
>> certain speed that you specify.
>> I just don't get why it does a pre-check on pacing.
>>
>> example:
>> set output pacing 2000
>> output testing123
>> its gonna sit for 20 seconds before I get access to the prompt again.
>> Then
>> when I go to CONNECT mode, it will do the same thing. How do I turn off
>> the
>> pre-checking or whatever this is?
>>
> This doesn't sound to me like something it's supposed to do. The pacing
> quantity is supposed to apply after each character of the OUTPUT string.
> I did a quick check just now (on an SSH connection):
>
> set output pacing 1000
> output foo
>
> This took exactly 3 seconds, as expected.
>
>> The main goal was to do a very long task by checking anywhere from 10-200
>> articles. I wanted it slow enough as to not cause any errors as to which
>> screen it will be on. But the pre-check phase sorta scraped that idea
>> entirely.
>>
> I guess I don't understand your application, but there are many ways to
> synchronize things. The only purpose for OUTPUT PACING is to prevent data
> overruns on connections that are not properly flow-controlled.
>
> - Frank