pause(1)

NAME
pause - pause mode, invoke keyboard

DESCRIPTION
Switch to the pause mode; inserted in the code of a function, pause interrupts the execution of the function: one receives a prompt symbol which indicates the level of the pause (e.g. -1->). The user is then in a new session in which all the lower-level variables (and in particular all the variable of the function) are available. To return to lower session enter "return"

In this mode, [...]=return(...) returns the variables of the argument (...) to lower session with names in the output [...]. Otherwise, the lower-level variables are protected and cannot be modified.

The pause is extremely useful for debugging purposes.

This mode is killed by the command "abort".

SEE ALSO
return, abort, quit, whereami, where