Anyone willing to help bring jog-while-paused back into master?

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tommylight wrote: It is and it does have run from here

I know about run from here. I tested that a lot during development of my app.
"run from here" only works, if you setup the machine with mdi first. Right of the box you can't select arbitrary line and run from there.
What does not work too is run from here in single step mode.
I tried to cheat linuxcnc to get it working, but was not successful.
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cmorley wrote: JWP allows an alternate motion queue to be switched in and out.
So it preserves the machine state at pause, runs another motion list then, adds a move to blend back to the original motion queue state.
This could be useful for more then JWP.

Yes, that's an interesting use case. Could be valueable for lathe with milling heads or the like. Great. But lathe with milling head is a typical use case for two instances of linuxcnc, so JWP might be a sync point of both instances.

Was there something happening since September last year e.g. opening a new Branch?
I am also very interrested in the jog-while-paused feature and willing to support a port to Master.
But i think i have not enough experience in the linuxcnc internals to do it on my own.

JWP would be a great addition, if it would support changing and reloading a tool table and offsets table. So you are able to stop-jog away-measure/change insert-correct tool length-run.
It is a lot of work.

A proper run-from-line with "calculation" would be simpler and more effective solution to many problems.
With calculation I mean it should read a program up to the selected line and apply all modal functions, change tool if necesarry and get and move to a start position.
So you are able to abort anywhere, jog, change tool, change insert, measure new tool, turn off the machine at the end of the day and continue the next day simply by remembering the line to start at.
I am willing to help with solution for run from line, but I need some kickstart/help. I think that the starting point would be here linuxcnc.positionlogger linuxcnc.org/docs/2.7/html/config/python...sitionlogger_tt_type

mic wrote: Was there something happening since September last year e.g. opening a new Branch?
I am also very interrested in the jog-while-paused feature and willing to support a port to Master.
But i think i have not enough experience in the linuxcnc internals to do it on my own.

There has been no movement. It is currently above my programming skills and the bar o understand linuxcnc's internals is pretty high for an outsider to pick up.

Never say never...

This would be a very handy feature. On a Milltronics control you can put HDW into your program and it will cause the machine to halt execution of code and allow you to handwheel and manipulate the machine. Once you press enter it continues automatic execution of the rest of the program. This is extremely useful in a job shop or with one off setups. I use this feature daily and would love to have it in LinuxCNC too.