Index: trunk/psModules/src/extras/pmVisual.c
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--- trunk/psModules/src/extras/pmVisual.c	(revision 36623)
+++ trunk/psModules/src/extras/pmVisual.c	(revision 36834)
@@ -162,4 +162,77 @@
 
 
+// ask the user to continue or not.  give up after 2 seconds.
+bool pmVisualAskUserOrDump(bool *plotFlag, bool *dumpData)
+{
+    struct timeval timeout;
+    fd_set fdSet;
+    int status;
+
+    if (dumpData) *dumpData = false;
+
+    char key[10];
+    if (plotFlag && dumpData) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [s]kip the rest of these plots? [d]ump the data? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+    } 
+    if (plotFlag && !dumpData) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [s]kip the rest of these plots? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+    } 
+    if (!plotFlag && dumpData) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [d]ump the data? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+    } 
+    if (!plotFlag && !dumpData) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+    }
+
+    /* Wait up to 1.0 second for a response, then continue */
+    timeout.tv_sec = 10;
+    timeout.tv_usec = 0;
+
+    FD_ZERO (&fdSet);
+    FD_SET (STDIN_FILENO, &fdSet);
+
+    status = select (1, &fdSet, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
+    if (status <= 0) {
+	fprintf (stderr, "\n");
+	return true; // if no data, give up
+    }
+
+    while (true) {
+	if (!fgets(key, 8, stdin)) {
+	    psWarning("Unable to read option");
+	}
+	switch (key[0]) {
+	  case 's':
+	    if (plotFlag) *plotFlag = false;
+	    return true;
+	  case 'd':
+	    if (dumpData) *dumpData = true;
+	    return true;
+	  case 'a':
+	    isVisual = false;
+	    return true;
+	  case 'c':
+	  case '\n':
+	    return true;
+	  default:
+	    break;
+	}
+	
+	if (plotFlag && dumpData) {
+	  fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [s]kip the rest of these plots? [d]ump the data? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+	} 
+	if (plotFlag && !dumpData) {
+	  fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [s]kip the rest of these plots? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+	} 
+	if (!plotFlag && dumpData) {
+	  fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [d]ump the data? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+	} 
+	if (!plotFlag && !dumpData) {
+	  fprintf (stderr, "[p]ause? [c]ontinue? [a]bort all visual plots? (c) ");
+	}
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 bool pmVisualImStats(psImage *image, double *mean, double *stdev, double *min, double *max) {