| Title: | DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90 |
| Notice: | See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit |
| Moderator: | STAR::VATNE |
| Created: | Mon Oct 30 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Dec 31 1990 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3726 |
| Total number of notes: | 19516 |
Is there a problem with BLINKING fields and DecWindows/X11 ?
While in a conversion from UIS to DecWindows the need for a blinking
field showed up and I have been unable to find any call in the
manuals that will help me blink an object other than a cursor.
Can anyone help explain how, provide examples, and explain why not...
Thanks ...
Ken Breen
ncoast::breen
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| 262.1 | STAR::MANN | Tue Feb 21 1989 19:16 | 8 | ||
When the cursor blinks, isn't the client turning it from black to white with explicit commands ? If the client is remote, aren't these explicit commands explicit messages ? Bruce | |||||
| 262.2 | Tougher than trivial | EPIK::BUEHLER | Afterburner just kicked in | Wed Feb 22 1989 16:24 | 10 |
My understanding of blinking under DECwindows is that you do it
manually by setting DECwindows timers and drawing the appropriate stuff
to give the user a blinking effect.
So, therefore, it requires DECwindows traffic to do blinking. You
can't just tell the server to blink a set of pixels at the user.
In most cases blinking isn't very friendly anyway.
John
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