tv_LockDisplay's message box

[Svengali]

The George command tv_LockDisplay (and tv_UnLockDisplay) can help speed up many operations by suspending screen updates.

tv_LockDisplay provides the option to post a message to the center of the locked display to assure the user that something is being processed... i.e. the screen isn't frozen. If, in your script, you opt to not display a text in the popup message box, tv_LockDisplay still displays its own default message that says "display is locked". I guess this is meant to reassure users that the screen isn't frozen.

But if you use the tv_LockDisplay often, (especially for when the locked time-span is short) it's just annoying, because the user can't tell what it says. Often it looks like a glitch or like something is broken.

Is there already some way to suppress the popup non-message so the screen simply holds?

If not, maybe we could have an option for the tv_LockDisplay command to insert a single word, like "off" or "none" that would cause it to suppress the "display is locked" popup message completely.

Not at all critical I guess, but perhaps it could be added to the bottom of the request stack?

Sven

[Mads Juul]

I think this

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tv_LockDisplay [QUIET] 

Suppress the dialog

-Mads

[Svengali]

Simple! it works, thanks.