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On Wednesday 14 July 2010 23:52:24 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:35:43 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote: |
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> > How can I prevent bash of blinking when running "ls -l" on a directory |
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> > with broken links? The thing gets in the way, and it is really |
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> > unbearable if a directory contains lots of broken links. |
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> Isn't that rather like fixing low oil pressure in your car by |
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> disconnecting the warning light? What you want is possible, you already |
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> have the answer, but maybe "emerge app-misc/symlinks" is a better |
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> solution. |
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He's moaning about the indiscriminate use of the <blink> tag. |
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And quite rightly too. Stick it in one of your own personal web pages and |
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watch everyone here eviscerate you for such a heinous crime against humanity. |
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Besides, when the bloody thing blinks off, it's black on black. Totally |
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unreadable. |
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White on red is good for broken symlinks. |
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Blinking white on red is just awful. awful as in voldemort-awful. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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