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Re: blinking xterm?


I can see that this could be a nice feature for some users.  However,
can I set an option to suppress blinking, e.g., similar to being
able to use +bc to turn off text cursor blinking?

Thanks.

Lester

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 12:47:21PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
: Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:47:21 -0500 (EST)
: From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>
: To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com, Lester Ingber <ingber@ingber.com>
: Subject: Re: blinking xterm?
: In-Reply-To: <20040319162221.GA1776@ingber.com>
: 
: yOn Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Lester Ingber wrote:
: 
: > I just installed the current X packages, noticing that a new xterm
: > package also was installed.
: >
: > I'm getting lots of blinking screens, under mutt, and sometimes just
: > entering simple text?
: 
: xterm patch #185 implements blinking text.
: 
: offhand, if you're using mutt linked with slang, it misuses blink
: attribute in the expectation that the terminal emulator will either
: ignore it or produce a bright background.
: 
: -- 
: Thomas E. Dickey
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