[daip] aips_gripe

[Eric Greisen]

vfish at aoc.nrao.edu writes:
 > {12-OCT-2004 14:09:43}
 > {arielle      UN-REGISTERED!!!!!!!}
 > { 2505  31DEC04  LINX}
 > {Vincent L. Fish}
 > {NRAO/Socorro}
 > {505-835-7098}
 > {When PRTTP is run with DOWAIT FALSE, AIPS does not actually resume until
 >  PRTTP has finished.  This is contrary both to previous experience at another
 >  site and to the documented behavior in section 5.1.1 of the AIPS cookbook.
 >   
 >  Relevant adverbs: prtlev -3; docrt 1; outprint '<FILE>'; doeot -1; error -1
 >   
 >  I suppose that this could actually be a problem with GO, but with other tasks
 >  AIPS does resume properly when DOWAIT FALSE is set.
 >   }
 > {AIPS does not resume when PRTTP is run with DOWAIT FALSE.}
 > {vfish at nrao.edu}

The adverb that is important here is DOCRT which you have set to 1.
All tasks woth DOCRT as an adverb rersume aips only when they finish
whenever DOCRT > 0.  This is to avoid contention over who owns the
display region (your xterm) PRTTP or AIPS.

Eric Greisen