**ShowPlay Reference Manual, Chapter 4 (StimulusCommands): stimuluscommandslist**

===== Stimulus Commands List -- Stimulus specification format =====
The list of stimuli is read as a table, where the first column specifies the stimulus type (usually a character string) and the remaining columns specify the timing and other control arguments for that stimulus. There must be no blank lines within the list of stimuli.

The different types of stimuli are:
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:backcolor|backcolor]]|Change the default back color  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:bdraw|bdraw]]|Draw an empty box  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:bfill|bfill]]|Draw a filled box  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:color|color]]|Change the default front, back, and text colors  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:edraw|edraw]]|Draw an empty ellipse (or circle)  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:efill|efill]]|Draw a filled ellipse (or circle)  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:erase|erase]]|Erase the screen (set to back color)  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:file_avi|file_avi]]|Display a video  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:file_pcx|file_pcx]]|Display a PCX format image  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:file_tif|file_tif]]|Display a TIF format image  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:file_wav|file_wav]]|Play a sound  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:fix|fix]]|Display a fixation cross  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:font|font]]|Change the default text font  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:forecolor|forecolor]]|Change the default graphics color  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:line|line]]|Draw a line  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:owait|owait]]|Wait for an operator response|
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:quit|quit]]|Exit the paradigm  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:reset|reset]]|Reset the time base  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:rwait|rwait]]|Wait for a subject response  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:textcolor|textcolor]]|Change the default text color  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:textstring|textstring]]|Display a text string  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:twait|twait]]|Wait for a trigger  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:user1|user1]]|User defined stimulus 1  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:user2|user2]]|User defined stimulus 2  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:user3|user3]]|User defined stimulus 3  |
|[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4:writeport|writeport]]|Write to a communications port  |

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**See Also:**\\
[[jvs:cigal|CIGAL Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual|CIGAL Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay|ShowPlay Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual|ShowPlay Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:chapter4|Stimulus Commands]], 
[[jvs:cigal:showplay:manual:help|Manual Help]]