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Chapter 16 System Management

wait

    Displays a message and halts program until [RETURN] pressed.
     
         wait text

    This command displays a message in the lower (command) portion of the
    screen in black on a light red background.  The message is centered on the
    second display of a three line background.  The normal message display and
    any other text is temporarily removed.  A prompt in brown is displayed
    informing the user to press [RETURN] when ready to continue.  This command
    is designed for use in demonstration macros to describe what the program is
    doing.
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    Options/arguments:

         text      any text string up to 80 characters.
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    Example(s):

    To tell the viewer about a zoom display of the raster:

         wait This is what the raster looks like close-up.
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    See also:

              pause
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