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Name

indicator - display application specific alarms and/or the "working" indicator

Synopsis

indicator [ -b [ n ] ] [ -c column ] [ -l length ] [ -o ] [ -w ] [ string ... ]

Availability

SUNWcsu

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.

Options

-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.
-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 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.

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.

invalidmsg=gaindicator -b 3 -c 1 "WRONG "ga

To clear the indicator after telling the user the entry is wrong: 


invalidmsg=gaindicator -b 9 -c 1 "WRONG"; sleep 3;
    indicator -c 1 "     "ga

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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