suspend all code executions (console, scripts, callbacks,..)
sleep(milliseconds) sleep(seconds, "s")
sleep
stops Scilab processing any instruction for
a specified number of milliseconds or seconds:
![]() | The CTRL-C interruption is caught but performed only at
the end of the sleep. |
sleep(..)
is called inside a script or a function, Scilab waits for the
given duration before processing the next instruction.
CTRL-C in the console is caught but performed only at the end of
the sleep.uicontrol
interactive
graphical components. During the sleep(..), these interactions
are caught, and related instructions are buffered.
Buffered actions are all performed after sleep()'s end.sleep(..)
does not prevent interacting with graphics, providing that the
interaction mode has been turned on before entering the sleep.
Then, moving curves, editing graphics labels, etc is still
possible during Scilab's sleep. The wake-up does not reset these
actions.![]() | Time resolution:
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![]() | Time resolution is not.. time accuracy: The actual suspension
time may be longer than the specified one, due to other processes run
in the system, or due to the time spent to process the call. |
// Simple examples tic; sleep(4350); toc tic; sleep(4.35, "s"); toc // Testing the sleep's accuracy: results = []; disp("Please wait... sleep()s and wake-up are performed...") for i = -1:4 dt = 10^i; // specified duration [ms] tic; sleep(dt); dta = toc()*1000; // actual duration [ms] results = [results ; dt dta ]; end results // Test of the CTRL-C interruption: disp("Press CTRL + C keys now: the 15 s sleep is going on") sleep(15,"s") // Test of interactions with menus: clf plot2d() // [If you are a MacOS user, select the menu "Edit=> Clear figure" instead] mprintf("During this 30s sleep, click on the figure\n then on its menu ""Edit => Figure properties""") // The graphical editor will be actually called only at wake-up sleep(30, "s") | ![]() | ![]() |
Version | Description |
6.0 |
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