--- fract/mandelzoom.cgi	2001/02/26 05:31:47	1.7
+++ fract/mandelzoom.cgi	2001/06/19 22:27:27	1.9
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 
-import cgi, Image, ImageDraw, sys, math
+import cgi, Image, ImageDraw, sys, math, signal, errno, os
 from string import atoi, atof
 
+def handler(signum, frame):
+    raise os.error, (errno.ETIME, "Timer expired")
+
+signal.alarm(55)
+signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, handler)
+
 # This is to get backtrace output
 sys.stderr = sys.stdout
 
@@ -117,7 +123,9 @@
         print '<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="%s" VALUE="%s">' % var
     print '<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME=type VALUE="html">'
 
-    print """</FORM>
+    print """</FORM><P>
+After changing any settings, don't forget to change the "Zoom" setting
+to "Pan" if you don't want to zoom when applying them.
 </BODY></HTML>"""
     sys.exit(0)
 
@@ -247,7 +255,13 @@
     else:
         yto= yorig # End at x axis
 
-drawrect((0, yfrom), (xmax, yto))
+try:
+    drawrect((0, yfrom), (xmax, yto))
+except os.error, the_error:
+    if the_error[0] != errno.ETIME:
+        raise os.error, the_error
+        
+signal.alarm(0)
 
 print "Content-type: image/png"
 print