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| FMLI Commands | indicator(1F) |
| | indicator - display application specific alarms and/or the "working" indicator |
SYNOPSIS
| | indicator [ -b [n] ] [-c column] [-l length] [-o] [-w] [string ...] |
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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.
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- -bn
- 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.
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-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 .
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-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 that 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.
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| | Example 1. A sample output of the indicator command.
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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"`
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To clear the indicator after telling the user the entry is wrong:
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invalidmsg=`indicator -b 9 -c 1 "WRONG"; sleep 3;
indicator -c 1 " "`
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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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See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following
attributes:
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
| Availability | SUNWcsu |
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