Re: Wish lists and making icons sensitive

jerobins@unity.ncsu.edu
Fri, 21 Apr 1995 11:15:04 -0400 (EDT)

John> Also is it possible to traverse the host to group mapping so
John> that the group icons could also be flashed when a host inside
John> the group is flashing/changing color? Setting the propigate
John> attribute on the group icon/border could be the flag that
John> allows this.

Juergen> This is not very difficult, perhaps it should be the default
Juergen> behaviour. The problem with those attributes that control how
Juergen> something works is that we start to get large attribute lists that
Juergen> control things from tkined internals (how flashing is propagated) to
Juergen> very specific things (like interface speeds). And setting the
Juergen> propagate attribute on every new group will get us back to the your
Juergen> wish for preset attributes, I guess.

Is anyone planning on doing this? Already started?
Thanks,
James

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James E. Robinson, III                        jer@ncsu.edu
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