I see it now. OK, that's a bug. I'll fix it now.
Rolf Huehne wrote:
>Bob Hanson wrote:
>
>
>>Rolf Huehne wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>The first thing I noticed was that I had to provide the whole loop
>>>commands in a single line. Distributing it over several lines as in the
>>>example provided in the documentation resulted in the following error
>>>message:
>>>
>>> script compiler ERROR: missing END for for
>>>
>>>My script commands first initialize the echo and then run the countdown:
>>>
>>> set echo myecho 1% 99%; ~cd="Start"; echo %{~cd};
>>> for ( var i=5; i>0; i = i - 1); ~cd=i; delay 1; end for; ~cd="";
>>>
>>>The loop never got beyond displaying "5" and I had to type "quit" in
>>>order to be able to run additional commands.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>The following both work OK in Jmol 11.3.25:
>>
>> for ( var i=5; i>0; i = i - 1); ~cd=i; delay 1; echo @i; end for; ~cd="";
>>
>>
>
>It doesn't work on my system. What I get now is an endless list of "5"
>printed out in the script console window (until I type quit to abort the
> loop).
>
>
>
>> for ( var i=5; i>0; i = i - 1)
>> ~cd=i
>> delay 1
>> echo @i
>> end for
>> ~cd=""
>>
>>
>>
>
>The multi-line version doesn't work in the script console window. Maybe
>this is a difference between loading a script from a file and typing it
>interactively. Until now I thought there was no such difference.
>
>Q: What are the differences between executing a script from a file and
>typing the same commands interactively?
>
>If there really are any differences they should be pointed out in the
>scripting documentation.
>
>
>
>>Of course, without the echo, it just sits there for 5 seconds looping.
>>Maybe that's the problem?
>>
>>
>
>No, this is not the problem. It doesn't sit there only 5 seconds but
>indefinitely until I type "quit".
>Besides I wanted to test the dynamic echo that is bound to a variable.
>(Therefore the "echo %{~cd};" command is in the initializing script
>line.) And this dynamic echo works properly in the "while" loop, so why
>shouldn't it work in the "for" loop?
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>>If I used a "while" loop instead it worked as expected:
>>>
>>> i=5; while (i>0); ~cd=i; delay 1; i = i - 1; end while; ~cd="";
>>>
>>>
>>>While testing this I noticed that the application (in contrast to the
>>>applet) freezes immediately after typing the last letter of the command
>>>"pause".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>that's a bug. Introduced in 11.3.10; fixed in Jmol 11.3.26.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>---- Test System ----------------
>>>Jmol: 11.3.25, application
>>>Java: 1.5.0_12
>>>OS : Linux, OpenSuSE 10.2
>>>---------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>Regards,
>Rolf
>
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