Text does not blink on non-default background, no difference between fast and slow blinking
Andrei Korshikov
andrej.s.korshikov at gmail.com
Tue May 5 19:32:55 CEST 2026
Non-default background examples (background is set, text does not blink):
echo -e '\033[41m\033[5mHello\033[0m'
printf '%b' '\x9b48;2;128;128;128\x6d \x9b5\x6d TEST \x9b480\x6d\n'
ECMA-48 8.3.117 "SGR - SELECT GRAPHIC RENDITION" section describes "5"
as "slowly blinking (less than 150 per minute)" and "6" as "rapidly
blinking (150 per minute or more)", but they looks exactly the same:
echo -e '\033[5mTEST\033[0m'
echo -e '\033[6mTEST\033[0m'
Originally reported at
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rxvt-unicode-truecolor-wide-glyphs#comment-1069559
I tested it in Arch Linux with i3 if it matters.
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Andrej Korshikov
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