On Thu, 3 May 2007 05:46:15 -0500
"Paul Louden" <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Create two sublines, identical. Both have a conditional, one has the
> word "Paused" and the other has six spaces (assuming fixed with font).
> Set the timing on the sublines to the minimum.

On Thu, 03 May 2007 13:52:54 +0200
"Florian Bruhin" <florian.bruhin_at_gmx.ch> wrote:

> you may do flashing text using alternating sublines, e.g.:
> %s%t1text;%t1

But see, that's the thing. "assuming fixed-width font". What if it isn't?

Moreover, what if I want to flash some text whose width varies anyway,
like some other tag expansion? I can't even know how many spaces to
alternate it with.

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