Thread Subject: I just want to yeild a the current code thread :(

so... the title says it all really.

Basically, the shortest period you can pause for is 0.001s (1 millisecond) - i dont think it is conicedence that the smallest period javas Thread.wait(int) produces is also 0.001s.

I just want it to update a figure and not have to wait an extra millisecond every time. Is there a good way around this, call an empty script? can't pause just have an option for Thread.yield().

instead of using:
plot(x,y)
pause(0.001)

use simply:
plot(x,y)
drawnow

doc drawnow

good solution - one to remember.

What if I add in a java object that starts its own thread - will 'drawnow update' cause the program to yield to that thread? This is my real worry.

I guess I can write some code to figure it out.