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Re: Text delay

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bob smith wrote:
>Eric Sosman wrote:
>> K wrote:
>>> Does anyone know how to make certain text in a java application delay and display after the previous text
> 
>> 	System.out.println("the previous text");
>> 	try {
>> 	    Thread.sleep(desired_delay_in_milliseconds);
>> 	} catch (InterruptedException ex) {
>> 	    System.out.println("This may be premature, but:");
>> 	}
>> 	System.out.println("certain text");
> 
>>      In other words, you'll get no better answer today than you did
>> three days ago unless you explain your situation more clearly.
>
> I think he wants to do what's called a Toast.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toast_(computing)

Maybe, but he insisted that he's talking about lines of text, so probably not.

It's not clear, and given that he already asked this question and got advice, and 
opened up a new thread and provided no further clarification or elaboration, 
one wonders if it's even worth the bother to address the question.

-- 
Lew

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Text delay K <kalezwe@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 10:15 -0700
  Re: Text delay Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-19 13:49 -0400
    Re: Text delay bob smith <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-10-19 14:56 -0700
      Re: Text delay Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2012-10-19 18:18 -0700
  Re: Text delay Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2012-10-19 22:58 +0200
  Re: Text delay Rajiv Gupta <rajiv@invalid.com> - 2012-10-20 14:49 +1100
  Re: Text delay Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-10-20 19:37 -0700

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