q pos nowait [Sec=Unclassified]

[Neil Adams]

Hi every one,

    I'm trying to write a script that will allow the display of the
coordinates underneath the mouse to be continuously displayed. The
following code snippet will do it but requires the user to click the
mouse to update the position information:

               'set lat -90 -40'
                'set lon 0 180'
                'set cint 4'
                'set ccolor 6'
                'd mslp'
                 while (1)
                  'q pos'
                  x=subwrd(result,3)
                  y=subwrd(result,4)
                  'q xy2w 'x' 'y
                  lon=subwrd(result,3)
                  lat=subwrd(result,6)
                  'draw recf 6.0 0.0 10.0 0.5'
                  'draw string 6.1 0.1 'lat' 'lon
                endwhile

I want the the code to work without having to click. From reading the
manual I though that using 'q pos nowait' instead of 'q pos' would do
the trick but it ends up behaving exactly the same as 'q pos'. Any clues
as to how to get this functionality into a display ? I've tested the
script on v1.9b4 32-bit and on v2.0.a5

Cheers
Neil

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Dr. Neil Adams (SPOB),
Regional Manager Antarctic Meteorological Section, Tasmania and Antarctica Region,
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Email: N.Adams at bom.gov.au
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