i haven't used self-switches since i've only ever used rm2k3 but i think this could be done very simply with:
>show picture 1
>wait: wait for key input
>erase picture 1
vx ace seems to have done away with wait for key input, the things i look up suggest using the conditional "if (key) is pressed", but a lot of the solutions seem really convoluted. i'm going to see what the forums say when they get back online because the title of one of them is exactly what i'm trying to do. thank you for the suggestion!
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