vim/runtime/tools/blink.c
2004-06-13 20:20:40 +00:00

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