Bug 17755

Summary:	konsole should have a noblink option
Product:	[Applications] konsole	Reporter:	Unknown <null>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Konsole Developer <konsole-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description unununium 2000-12-28 02:45:39 UTC

(*** This bug was imported into bugs.kde.org ***)

Package: konsole
Version: 12/20/2000
Severity: wishlist
Installed from: Source

I think that blinking in konsole should be made an option 
that can be disabled in favor of bright backgrounds.  In 
addition to making things less distracting and easier to 
read not having to worry about constantly redrawing 
blinking letters should speed up konsole.


(submitted via bugs.kde.org)

Comment 1 Todd Shoemaker 2002-12-04 20:07:49 UTC

An additional side effect occurs when anti-aliasing is enabled and a non-solid 
background or transparency is used... Upon each blink refresh, the text gets 
repainted and all the text "darkens" on each blink.  In other words, the 
anti-aliased text gets anti-aliased again.  The blink refresh is also 
expensive on remote X sessions.

Comment 2 Todd Shoemaker 2002-12-04 20:11:35 UTC

Disregard my previous comment... this issue was fixed/closed in #39804.

Comment 3 Kurt Hindenburg 2004-02-06 07:13:10 UTC

In konsole 1.3, there is an option under configure for 'Blinking cursor'.  I would think this (very old) bug can be closed.

Comment 4 Stephan Binner 2004-02-06 09:31:03 UTC

No, the original reporter is speaking about blinking text parts not blinking cursor.

Comment 5 Stephan Kulow 2004-05-17 20:42:01 UTC

Replaced unununium@openverse.org with null@kde.org due to bounces by reporter

Comment 6 Henning Westerholt 2005-07-11 23:54:25 UTC

This could be closed, its now 4,5 years old..

Comment 7 Robert Knight 2006-07-26 23:42:04 UTC

I think it is best to close this bug as it is six years old now and the internals have changed hugely since the filing.

In particular Konsole is now much more conservative about how much gets repainted - so speed should no longer be an issue.

If something relevant comes up again I suggest that a new report should be filed.