Listings Question About Ping

Paul Allen Newell pnewell at cs.cmu.edu
Fri Dec 23 01:35:45 UTC 2011


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.

Paul



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