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Subject: Re: The tentative thermometer
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981026222824.06828630@127.0.0.1> from Brett Glass at "Oct 26, 98 10:30:33 pm"
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In reply to Brett Glass who wrote:
> Just downloaded 3.0-RELEASE to a 486 box here in the lab, and noticed
> an odd behavior: the "thermometer" display, which appears when files
> are being transferred, jumps forward and then back a little. Then
> forward again, and back a little. And so on, as the files continue
> to load.
> 
> I don't think this is the intended behavior....

Well, its the cursor that is somtimes shown just after the "therm"
char has been drawn. So what you are seeing is "cursor noise".

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               So much code to hack -- so little time.

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