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<address><email>jgoerzen@complete.org</email></address>
<author><firstname>John</firstname><surname>Goerzen</surname></author>
<date> $Date: 2003-01-08 08:40:39 -0600 (Wed, 08 Jan 2003) $ </date>
<date> $Date: 2003-01-08 08:48:41 -0600 (Wed, 08 Jan 2003) $ </date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
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in this section.</para>
<refsect2>
<title>Tk.Blinkenlights</title>
<para>This is an interface designed to be sleek, fun to watch, and
<para>Tk.Blinkenlights is an interface designed to be sleek, fun to watch, and
informative of the overall picture of what &OfflineIMAP;
is doing. I consider it to be the best general-purpose interface in
&OfflineIMAP;.
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<variablelist><title>Blinkenlights Colors</title>
<varlistentry>
<term>Black</term>
<para>indicates that this light's thread has terminated; it will light up
<listitem><para>indicates that this light's thread has terminated; it will light up
again later when new threads start up. So, black indicates no
activity.
</para>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Red (Meaning 1)</term>
<para>is the color of the main program's thread, which basically does
<listitem><para>is the color of the main program's thread, which basically does
nothing but monitor the others. It might remind you of HAL 9000 in
<citation>2001</citation>.
</para>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Gray</term>
<para>indicates that the thread is establishing a new connection to the IMAP
<listitem><para>indicates that the thread is establishing a new connection to the IMAP
server.
</para>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Purple</term>
<para>is the color of an account synchronization thread that is monitoring
<listitem><para>is the color of an account synchronization thread that is monitoring
the progress of the folders in that account (not generating any I/O).
</para>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Cyan</term>
<para>indicates that the thread is syncing a folder.
</para>
<listitem><para>indicates that the thread is syncing a folder.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Green</term>
<para>means that a folder's message list is being loaded.
</para>
<listitem><para>means that a folder's message list is being loaded.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Blue</term>
<para>is the color of a message synchronization controller thread.
</para>
<listitem><para>is the color of a message synchronization controller thread.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Orange</term>
<para>indicates that an actual message is being copied.
<listitem><para>indicates that an actual message is being copied.
(We use fuschia for fake messages.)
</para>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Red (meaning 2)</term>
<para>indicates that a message is being deleted.
</para>
<listitem><para>indicates that a message is being deleted.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Yellow / bright orange</term>
<para>indicates that message flags are being added.
</para>
<listitem><para>indicates that message flags are being added.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Pink / bright red</term>
<para>indicates that message flags are being removed.
</para>
<listitem><para>indicates that message flags are being removed.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Red / Black Flashing</term>
<para>corresponds to the countdown timer that runs between
<listitem><para>corresponds to the countdown timer that runs between
synchronizations.
</para>
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>The name of this interfaces derives from a bit of computer
history. Eric Raymond's <citation>Jargon File</citation> defines
<term>blinkenlights</term>, in part, as:
<firstterm>blinkenlights</firstterm>, in part, as:
</para>
<blockquote>
<para>Front-panel diagnostic
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<refsect2>
<title>Tk.VerboseUI</title>
<para>
This interface (formerly known as Tk.TkUI) is a graphical interface
Tk.VerboseUI (formerly known as Tk.TkUI) is a graphical interface
that presents a variable-sized window. In the window, each
currently-executing thread has a section where its name and current
status are displayed. This interface is best suited to people running
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<refsect2>
<title>TTY.TTYUI</title>
<para>
This interface is for people running in basic, non-color terminals. It
TTY.TTYUI interface is for people running in basic, non-color terminals. It
prints out basic status messages and is generally friendly to use on a console
or xterm.
</para>
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<refsect2>
<title>Noninteractive.Basic</title>
<para>
This interface is designed for situations in which &OfflineIMAP;
Noninteractive.Basic is designed for situations in which &OfflineIMAP;
will be run non-attended and the status of its execution will be
logged. You might use it, for instance, to have the system run
automatically and
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<refsect2>
<title>Noninteractive.Quiet</title>
<para>
This interface is designed for non-attended running in situations
Noninteractive.Quiet is designed for non-attended running in situations
where normal status messages are not desired. It will output nothing
except errors and serious warnings. Like Noninteractive.Basic,
this user interface