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WAIT
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WAIT FOR USER
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This seemingly unusual option is for installing a bit
of user interaction in your pictures. When selected,
WAIT FOR USER, puts an infinite delay in your picture
that waits for the user to press any key. Until a key
is pressed, the show is frozen. Once pressed, the rest
of the picture is drawn, or the next picture can be
presented.
This allows you to display a concept, then when
the user understands it, they press a key and something
else happens. For instance, you can have a satellite
crossing in front of a planet. When it gets directly in
front of the planet, it stops, and a bit of text pops
up explaining what radio signals the satellite would
send at that point of its orbit. Then your end user
presses a key, and the satellite continues on its way.
WAIT FOR USER is dangerous. You must put a message
such as, "PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE," in your picture,
or the end user may not know why the computer seemed to
lock up. Also, as the creator, don't get caught by your
own WAIT FOR USERs as you are developing a picture. You
have to press a key, or you may think your own computer
locked up! WAIT FOR USER is not a good idea if you are
going to use AUTO for a self-running demo, 'cause it
won't get past the WAIT FOR USER until someone presses
a key.
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