how to unpause after using new zoom functions on a graph?

[W. Brian Lane]

I was trying out the new zoom and pan mouse functions on a graph, and learned that if I use either of these tools while the code is running (i.e., before the while loop terminates), the code will pause. Is there a way to unpause and resume the code running?

Brian

[Bruce Sherwood]

Interesting point. I had missed this effect. I just looked at a couple of cases. In both of them the 3D animation keeps going all the time; the while loop doesn't stop. In one of them, the gvbars graph doesn't change while I'm panning but it starts up again when I release the mouse button. In the other case, where gcurves are plotting values vs. increasing time, if I pan the graph no more segments are ever added to the graph, even after releasing the mouse button.

Can you provide a short program that shows the effect you see, as it sounds different from what I see? Thanks.

Bruce

[W. Brian Lane]

Here's the code I was running:

GlowScript 2.7 VPython

graph( fast=False )

g1 = gcurve( color=color.red, markers=True )

x  = 0

dx = 0.1

while(x<pi):

    rate(10)

    g1.plot( pos=(x,sin(exp(cos(x)))) )

    x = x + dx

I didn't have an animation window created, but when I added one, it also continued to animate, so I suppose I was mistaken in saying that the code itself paused.

[Bruce Sherwood]

Thanks. I'll look into what is possible in making this work better.

Bruce

[W. Brian Lane]

  Awesome. Looking forward to it!