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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"[Feature] Add option to Skip a run if 'Another script is currently running'","articleBody":"Hello\r\nI suggest adding an area to add scripts to be skipped when requested to run, if another script is still running.\r\n\r\nOr add a separate parameter for each script:\r\n\r\n> Z:\\\\...\\aaa.py | [x] Skip (Skip next, don't wait)\r\n\r\nTo specify that the same script should skip re-execution,\r\nif the same script is currently being executed.\r\nSkip not the whole queue, but only the execution of this script from its queue,\r\nthat started executing before the previous execution of the same script was completed.\r\n\r\nThis parameter should not affect the execution of other scripts and should display a warning window. \r\nShould only affect the same script.\r\n\r\nThis is needed for individual scripts that are assigned to npp hotkeys.\r\nAnd when you accidentally hold such keys longer, there is a \"mass\" execution of this script.\r\nAnd as a consequence, this warning window constantly pops up with the whole queue stopping.\r\nSometimes you need a lot of executions at a time, and don't calculate the key hold time.\r\n\r\nAdditionally, you can add another parameter to wait for its previous execution if its execution is important.\r\nThen the choice would look like this:\r\n\r\n> Z:\\\\...\\aaa.py | [ ] Skip [x] Wait\r\n\r\nand\r\n\r\n> Z:\\\\...\\aaa.py | [x] Skip [ ] Wait\r\n\r\nIf you add a wait, then you have to watch for loss of focus and make the entire queue stop executing with a warning window displayed!\r\nIf you add such a thing I'll report back with test results.\r\n\r\nExample:\r\n\r\n> Run1, Run2, Run3, Skip4, Run5, Run6, Skip7, Skip8, Skip9, Run10\r\n\r\n\r\nExample:\r\n\r\n> Run1, Run2, Run3, Wait4, Run4, Run5, ...\r\n\r\nYou can add an area to customize both of these settings: Skip and Wait\r\nI wrote about this earlier in an old similar issue: https://github.com/bruderstein/PythonScript/issues/145#issuecomment-659342498\r\n\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/westyles","@type":"Person","name":"westyles"},"datePublished":"2024-10-09T19:48:56Z","url":"https://github.com/bruderstein/PythonScript/issues/349"}