NAME

       sendpraat - doing phonetics by computer

SYNOPSIS

       sendpraat [timeOut] {program} {message...}

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents the sendpraat command. It was written for the Debian
       distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

       sendpraat is a program for sendings messages to a running program that uses the Praat
       shell, like praat(1).

ARGUMENTS

       program
           the name of a running program that uses the Praat shell.

       message ...
           a sequence of Praat shell lines (commands and directives). Each line is a separate
           argument. Lines that contain spaces should be put inside double quotes.

       timeOut
           the number of seconds that sendpraat will wait for an answer before writing an error
           message. A timeOut of 0 means that the message will be sent asynchronously, i.e., that
           sendpraat will return immediately without issuing any error message.

EXAMPLES

           sendpraat 0 praat Quit

       Causes the program praat to quit (gracefully). This works because "Quit" is a fixed
       command in Praat's Control menu. Sendpraat will return immediately.

           sendpraat 1000 praat "Play reverse"

       Causes the program praat, which can play sounds, to play the selected Sound objects
       backwards. This works because "Play reverse" is an action command that becomes available
       in Praat's dynamic menu when Sounds are selected. Sendpraat will allow "praat" at most
       1000 seconds to perform this.

           sendpraat praat "execute ~/MyResearch/MyProject/MyScript.praat"

       Causes the program "praat" to execute a script. Sendpraat will allow praat at most 10
       seconds (the default time out).

           sendpraat als "for i from 1 to 5" "Draw circle... 0.5 0.5 0.1*i" "endfor"

       Causes the program als to draw five concentric circles into its Picture window.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Rafael Laboissiere <<rafael@laboissiere.net>> for the
       Debian system (but may be used by others). It was based on the information provided by the
       help message of the sendpraat program itself. Permission is granted to copy, distribute
       and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
       any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.

SEE ALSO

       For further information, see the Praat website (http://www.praat.org).