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\details{
  Using this function allows \R to be given very low priority and hence
  not to interfere with more important foreground tasks.  A typical use
  is to allow a process launched from \R to set itself up and read its
  input files before \R execution is resumed.
 
  The intention is that this function suspends execution of \R
  expressions but wakes the process up often enough to respond to GUI
  events, typically every 0.5 seconds.
 
  There is no guarantee that the process will sleep for the whole of the

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19	`Using this function allows \R to be given very low priority and hence`	19	`Using this function allows \R to be given very low priority and hence`
20	`not to interfere with more important foreground tasks. A typical use`	20	`not to interfere with more important foreground tasks. A typical use`
21	`is to allow a process launched from \R to set itself up and read its`	21	`is to allow a process launched from \R to set itself up and read its`
22	`input files before \R execution is resumed.`	22	`input files before \R execution is resumed.`
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24	`The intention is that this function suspends execution of \R`	24	`The intention is that this function suspends execution of \R`
25	`expressions but wakes the process up often enough to respond to GUI`	25	`expressions but wakes the process up often enough to respond to GUI`
26	`events, typically every 0.5 seconds.`	26	`events, typically every 0.5 seconds.`
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28	`There is no guarantee that the process will sleep for the whole of the`	28	`There is no guarantee that the process will sleep for the whole of the`

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