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RE: Symlinks+cygdrive causes flashing taskbar ??


No, I've never seen the whole screen flash.  The flashes occur without
changing the focus to another window.

-- John Wiersba

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald W. Cook [mailto:rcook@cox.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:30 AM
> To: John Wiersba; cygwin
> Subject: Re: Symlinks+cygdrive causes flashing taskbar ??
> 
> 
> John,  
> 
> Are you sure your whole screen does not flash.  I have seen a single
> flash occur when I start up cygwin and then switch to Windows, or
> maybe vice versa,
> although I don't recall having seen it since I installed X.  I just
> presumed it was because of a demanding cpu task.
> 
> Ron Cook
> cowaro.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Wiersba" <John.Wiersba@medstat.com>
> To: "cygwin" <cygwin@sources.redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:06 AM
> Subject: RE: Symlinks+cygdrive causes flashing taskbar ??
> 
> 
> > When I run vi, for instance, I can (sometimes) see the 
> taskbar flash once as
> > vi starts up in the DOS window.  Then, while vi is running, 
> there is no
> > flashing taskbar.  Again, when I exit vi, the taskbar 
> (sometimes) flashes.
> > It's hard to test this because the taskbar appears to be 
> redrawn so fast
> > that I often can't see it flash at all, even though I 
> believe it's being
> > redrawn every time.  
> > 
> > -- John
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Robert Collins [mailto:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 9:16 PM
> > > To: John Wiersba; cygwin
> > > Subject: RE: Symlinks+cygdrive causes flashing taskbar ??
> > > 
> > > 
> > > What happens when you run vi ? Does the same part of your 
> > > screen change,
> > > but only once? If so, then it's a feature, not a bug :}
> > > 
> > > Rob
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: John Wiersba [mailto:John.Wiersba@medstat.com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 9:17 AM
> > > > To: 'cygwin'
> > > > Subject: RE: Symlinks+cygdrive causes flashing taskbar ??
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > How is it suggested that I proceed to find the cause of this? 
> > > >  I've tried
> > > > fiddling all the variables I can think of and I don't seem to 
> > > > be able to
> > > > shake it.  It's not always noticable, because the flashing 
> > > > isn't continuous
> > > > or else the painting is cached by Windows...
> > > > 
> > > > -- John Wiersba
> > > > 
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:49 PM
> > > > > To: 'cygwin'
> > > > > Subject: Re: Symlinks+cygdrive causes flashing taskbar ??
> > > > > 
> > > > > To answer your question: I can't duplicate this.  I only 
> > > > tried W2K and
> > > > > Windows 98.  I don't know precisely what you mean by 
> > > > "taskar flashes",
> > > > > however.  Do you mean the whole taskbar?  Do you mean only 
> > > > > the part that
> > > > > relates to the command shell window?  You also 
> mention a "cygwin
> > > > > terminal window".  What is that?  rxvt?  The result of 
> > > clicking on a
> > > > > cygwin icon?
> > > > > 
> > > > > >I have checked the FAQ, the Users Guide, google, the 
> > > > > archives -- but I can't
> > > > > >find a reference to this.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >In the simplest case I have found, /bin/ls -lF / causes my 
> > > > > taskbar to flash.
> > > > > >My root dir contains a number of symlinks of the form: d -> 
> > > > > /=/d where /= is
> > > > > >my cygdrive prefix.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Can anyone explain this or duplicate it?  Other 
> > > > > more-complicated cases cause
> > > > > >even worse flashing.  I just reloaded cygwin from scratch 
> > > > > yesterday -- I
> > > > > >didn't have this problem with my prior version 
> (circa 12/13/00).
> > > > > 
> > > > > cgf
> > > > > 
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