I would like to have a function that would wait either until a specified timeout (in seconds preferably) or until a key is pressed. I've found such a function quite useful in other programming environments in setting up dialogs with users or displaying results, rather like a timed slideshow that can be speeded up by hitting a key.
Searching R-seek has led to wait() in the package 'audio', but when I try, for example, joe<-wait(readline("hit a key to continue"), timeout=6) I am forced to wait the full timeout. Probably someone has done this before and I'm just not using the right search terms. Suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance. JN ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.