Cookbook - "pause" function

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B_2 Lv 1

The ability to Pause Scripts is not a cookbook problem, it's a script and client functionality issue.

Please don't try to consolidate it into cookbook management.

smilingone Lv 1

A pause button on client is desperately needed. And, as someone else said, the holding of the pause while computer is off would also be good.

My cpu usage is off the hook at times and I need to stop the client for other non foldit functions at times. It seems so wasteful to have to start over with some recipes.

It's a matter of efficiency with large puzzles.

beta_helix Staff Lv 1

This is on our list of things to fix, but we won't be able to get to this for a couple weeks because it's not a trivial fix.

jeff101 Lv 1

Sounds like Control-C on the Apple II. You could stop a program, print variables, change variables, list lines of code, and when you were ready, continue the program from where it left off. Very useful.

Matlab has a similar feature called keyboard mode. See http://fold.it/portal/node/989751#comment-17611 for more details.

Being able to pause Foldit recipes would be very helpful. Then, if you're running something like GAB that learns as it runs, when you see a big improvement to your structure, you could pause and share the latest structure with yourself or your group, then jump back into GAB from where you left off.