From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4581 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2002 15:53:28 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 6 Dec 2002 15:53:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 22205 invoked by alias); 6 Dec 2002 15:53:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 5568 Received: (qmail 22192 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2002 15:53:07 -0000 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 16:50:17 +0100 From: Eric Smith To: zsh-users@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: autoexecuting command after a pause Message-ID: <20021206155016.GA30834@cherry.fruitcom.com> References: <20021205214005.GB20225@cherry.fruitcom.com> <1021206102651.ZM10151@candle.brasslantern.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1021206102651.ZM10151@candle.brasslantern.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-outgoing: save > A "pause" following what other event? > > It would be helpful if you gave an example of what you want to accomplish. Thanks Bart. Ok, let me give the simplest case ... Like why press all the time? Maybe I set up some (say) preexec() function for a certain shell to automatically accept any types string on the command line if there has been a pause of n milliseconds. This is not for normal use but ad hoc. Make sense? -- Eric Smith