Continuing a script after cloning a stack

[Peter Haworth]

Hi Bjornke,
Problem is, it never reaches the "set the name" command because foucs has
shifted to the cloned stack

Pete
lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Björnke von Gierke <bvg at mac.com> wrote:

> I think you could do something like this:
> clone this stack
> set the name of this stack to "my new stack"
> go stack "my previously only stack"
>
> use lock screen and/or "go hidden" respectively "hide stack" to reduce
> screen flickering.
>
> On 23.05.2013, at 21:12, Peter Haworth wrote:
>
> > I have a script that clones a substack, followed by some other commands
> to
> > rename the cloned substack and set it's mainstack.  As soon as the clone
> > command is issued, control passes to the cloned stack and the rest of my
> > script is ignored.
> >
> > That's pretty much expected behavior but I'm wondering if there are any
> > tricks that would allow my script to continue processing or perhaps some
> > other method of duplicating a stack.  I tried copying the stack to the
> > clipboard followed by a paste but control passed to the new
> > stack immediately after the paste.
> >
> >
> > Pete
> > lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
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