On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 18:50 -0700, Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2011-12-22 at 17:35 -0800, Paul Allen Newell wrote: > > On 12/22/2011 5:30 PM, Craig White wrote: > > > > > > I find it extremely useful to have my attention drawn to the fact that > > > this linked file is broken so the flashing seems entirely useful. The > > > colorization is less interesting to me and very painful if I try to use > > > white on black terminals (so I don't). > > > > > > I think you could probably find more suitable targets for your latent > > > maniacal tendencies. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > > Craig: > > > > So the blinking is for broken links and only broken links? I suppose it > > makes sense, but on principle blinking anything just seems wrong. > ---- > can't say for certain (and I'm not going to research) but I've been > using Linux for many years and never see blinking names from an ls > command except for broken symbolic links. Blinking/flashing makes sense > in terms of drawing your attention to things that are broken. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. >
It is not the blinking that bothers me. Its the impossibility of reading the file names in some colors. Black letters on a red background is a good example. -- ======================================================================= Life in the state of nature is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short. - Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
