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From: Karl Ratzsch <mail.kfr@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: Is Subsecond Pause Possible?
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 19:07:49 +0200
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Am 14.05.2017 um 17:03 schrieb F. Russell:

> "The time is rounded to an integer number of seconds if subsecond
> time resolution is not supported by the given platform."
> 
> The terminals I use are x11 and wxt on a GNU/Linux Intel Core i7
> system.
> 
> Is a subsecond pause possible with gnuplot or will the time
> always be rounded to the next second?
> 

I see no rounding on my system (ubuntu 17.04, gnuplot 5.0pl6):

  t0=time(0.); do for [i=1:5] {pause 0.1}; print time(0.)-t0

takes 0.501 seconds.

Can you be more specific about your system, i.e. OS and version,
gnuplot version?

  Karl