Pause

Pause is useful in conjunction with load files. The command pause displays any text associated with the command and then waits the specified amount of time. This allows one to build a load file and control the amount of time a finished graph is displayed. The first argument is an expression that can be -1, 0, or a positive integer. Choosing -1 will wait until a carriage return is hit. Zero (0) won't pause at all, and a positive integer (such as 1 or 15) will wait the specified number of seconds.

Note: Since pause is not part of the plot it may interact with different device drivers differently (depending upon how text and graphics are mixed).

Examples:

        pause -1    ! Wait until a carriage return is hit
        pause 3     ! Wait three seconds
        pause -1  "Hit return to continue"
        pause 10  "Isn't this pretty?  It's a cubic-spline."

Syntax:

        pause <expression> {"string"}
Note the string is optional, and if present must be enclosed in quotes.