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Miscellaneous

[tex2html_wrap_inline291] - repeat the previous command. Alternatively from the ``Robot Command" line ( not within a file) you can use ``!!". Also, from the ``Robot Command" line a command entered starting with a ``!" or a ``[tex2html_wrap_inline293]" will attempt to match the command with a previously issued one similar to the way the 'C' shell works. From this line the previous command can also be edited using a sequence like ``[tex2html_wrap_inline295]old_string[tex2html_wrap_inline297]new_string[tex2html_wrap_inline299]" - this is again similar to the 'C' shell. Note that [tex2html_wrap_inline301] differentiates between commands from a file and commands entered interactively. If you have [tex2html_wrap_inline303] in a file then the previous non-interactive command is repeated. If [tex2html_wrap_inline305] is entered interactively then the previous interactive command is repeated (e.g. if you execute a ``.rob" file then the command repeated will be ``file" and not the last command in the ``.rob" file.
FLUSH - flushes graphics output.
WAIT - wait for a while. Argument is how long to wait. This is implemented by doing a calculation a certain number of times. The length of time waited thus depends on machine speed.
PAUSE - pop up a notice and halt execution until the button on the notice is pressed.
ALIAS - alias a command to another string. Arguments: 1) name of alias to use (no spaces), 2) what the command is to be aliased to.
UNALIAS - remove an alias. Argument: name of alias.
NOALIASES - remove all aliases.
CD - change working directory. Argument: directory to change to.
ARRAYSIZE - change the size of the data arrays inside Robot. i.e. this affects how big a data file you can use. Argument: new data array size. Arraysize can also be specificed as a command line argument. (e.g. robot -arraysize 500)
PLOTSCALE - scales the plotting area from its ``normal'' size. e.g. if you have a small screen this can be useful. This can be specified as a command line argument. For example, invoke robot with ``robot -plotscale 0.8 -scale small''. The ``scale'' argument is a standard OpenWindows argument which will make the control panels smaller. Using a plotscale [tex2html_wrap_inline307]1 will make the display non-WYSIWYG as fonts are not reduced in proportion to the new scale.



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Robin Corbet
Sat May 3 16:56:08 EDT 1997