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This is a feature request/idea – since we are moving away from ESTK to just Sublime, there's often a problem of accidently running a script that could go on for ever.. changing a for loop from 10 to 100 and waaaaiting. With ESTK there was the great 🛑 button, but with Sublime - not sure of how to cancel a running script besides force quiting InDesign. Unless there's an obvious key to press:
what about a UI box that floats on top of InDesign with minimal basil.js info + 🛑 button, that could somehow call an exit() or equivalent code? Tried researching indesign scripting stop/abort/cancel script – but most results point to ESTK button.. curious what official VSCode answer is (if it has one). The UI popup would appear and dissapear upon load/finish automatically.
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Tested aborting a script – ie. accidental infinite loops or characters on a HUGE text.. or anything else that could accidently take too long. Found the following code to abort: while (ScriptUI.environment.keyboardState.keyName == "Escape"){exit()}
Unfortunately, when simply placed once in the script, it doesn't work for loops. However if placed within a loop, makes it possible to abort at any time before it's finished:
for(var i=0; i < 150; i++){
while (ScriptUI.environment.keyboardState.keyName == "Escape"){exit()}
fill(random(255));
rect(random(width), random(height), random(1, 50), random(1, 50));
}
Guessing there's no preparser for JS within InDesign to try and inject such a line on all loops?
Maybe it's worth making a basic alias for that line, something like safety() or breaker() or ______?
And encourage students to include that if concerned about being able to abort a script?
This is a feature request/idea – since we are moving away from ESTK to just Sublime, there's often a problem of accidently running a script that could go on for ever.. changing a
for
loop from 10 to 100 and waaaaiting. With ESTK there was the great🛑
button, but with Sublime - not sure of how to cancel a running script besides force quiting InDesign. Unless there's an obvious key to press:what about a UI box that floats on top of InDesign with minimal basil.js info +
🛑
button, that could somehow call anexit()
or equivalent code? Tried researchingindesign scripting stop/abort/cancel script
– but most results point to ESTK button.. curious what official VSCode answer is (if it has one). The UI popup would appear and dissapear upon load/finish automatically.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: