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From: knicklej@spock (Jane Knickle)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Blinking Symbols
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Date: 23 Aug 90 17:39:52 GMT
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Organization: Mitel. Kanata (Ontario). Canada.
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I'm new to X-Windows and Motif so take it easy on me if the question
I'm asking has an obvious solution.

Background:
I'm creating an application using X11R3 and Motif which displays the 
current status of some entity using graphical symbols (i.e on = symbolA,
off = symbolB). I have a requirement to blink the symbol once an entity 
is in a state longer than a user-specified amount of time.

Question:
Is there another way to blink a graphical symbol besides displaying the symbol 
then clearing it, displaying it, ... at some uniform interval?

Any comments/solutions would be greatly appreciated.


Thanks, 

Jane Knickle               
Mitel Enterprises
Mitel Corporation, 350 Legget Drive, Kanata, Ontario, Canada K2K 1X3
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