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

       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.

       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.

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.

SEE ALSO

       praat has an on-line documentation; just launch praat and look at the Help menu entry.

       For  further information, see the Praat website (http://www.praat.org).  A good Beginner’s
       Guide,       written       by       Sidney       Wood,       is        available        at
       https://person2.sol.lu.se/SidneyWood/praate/frames.html

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Rafael Laboissière <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.

                                          April 22, 2013                             SENDPRAAT(1)