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From: rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler)
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Subject: Re: text attributes with x?
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Date: 12 Sep 89 11:46:07 GMT
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    Is there a way to create a "blinking field" that the server would take
    care of making it blink?

Not with the standard X protocol.  You have to do this on the client side.