indicator(1F) indicator(1F)
NAME
indicator - display application specific alarms and/or the
``working'' indicator
SYNOPSIS
indicator [-b [n]] [-c column] [-l length] [-o] [-w] [string ...]
DESCRIPTION
The indicator function displays application specific alarms or
the ``Working'' indicator, or both, on the FMLI banner line.
The argument string is a string to be displayed on the banner
line, and should always be the last argument given. Note that
string is not automatically cleared from the banner line.
The following options are available:
-b n The -b option rings the terminal bell n times, where
n is an integer from 1 to 10. The default value is
1. If the terminal has no bell, the screen is
flashed instead, if possible.
-c column The -c option defines the column of the banner line
at which to start the indicator string. The
argument column must be an integer from 0 to
DISPLAYW-1. If the -c option is not used, column
defaults to 0.
-l length The -l option defines the maximum length of the
string displayed. If string is longer than length
characters, it will be truncated. The argument
length must be an integer from 1 to DISPLAYW. If
the -l option is not used, length defaults to
DISPLAYW. NOTE: if string doesn't fit it will be
truncated.
-o The -o option causes indicator to duplicate its
output to stdout.
-w The -w option turns on the working indicator.
EXAMPLES
When the value entered in a form field is invalid, the
following use of indicator will ring the bell three times and
display the word WRONG starting at column 1 of the banner
line.
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invalidmsg=`indicator -b 3 -c 1 "WRONG"`
To clear the indicator after telling the user the entry is
wrong:
invalidmsg=`indicator -b 9 -c 1 "WRONG"; sleep(3);
indicator -c 1 " "`
In this example the value of invalidmsg (in this case the
default value Input is not valid), still appears on the FMLI
message line.
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