[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#718943: import -delay broken

jidanni at jidanni.org jidanni at jidanni.org
Wed Aug 7 03:22:03 UTC 2013


Package: imagemagick-6.q16
Version: 8:6.8.5.6-3
File: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ImageMagick-6.8.5/bin-Q16/import

import -delay 33 x.png
is broken. The crosshairs appear immediately anyway.

There is a workaround!
sleep 33; import x.png
or better yet
(sleep 33; import x.png)
which stops via ^C.

See also
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemnet/use/suppl/imagemagick/www/import.html

Also on the import man page
         -delay value         display the next image after pausing
is wrong. We are importing.



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