view runtime/tools/blink.c @ 12202:4e0f699582cf v8.0.0981

patch 8.0.0981: cursor in terminal window blinks by default commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0cbba82359ff9f061aa65632cec7b6b57ae6d6e7 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Aug 21 21:39:28 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0981: cursor in terminal window blinks by default Problem: Cursor in terminal window blinks by default, while in a real xterm it does not blink, unless the -bc argument is used. Solution: Do not use a blinking cursor by default.
author Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
date Mon, 21 Aug 2017 21:45:04 +0200
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/*
 * An extremely simple program to make the cursor blink in an xterm.
 * This is useful when the cursor is hard to spot in a highlighted file.
 * Start in the background: "blink&"  Stop by killing it.
 * Bram Moolenaar  980109  (based on an idea from John Lange).
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

	int
main(void)
{
	while (1)
	{
		printf("\e[?25h");
		fflush(stdout);
		usleep(400000);		/* on time */
		printf("\e[?25l");
		fflush(stdout);
		usleep(250000);		/* off time */
	}
	return 0;
}