Make clock blink

[uccvend-vendserver.git] / sql-edition / servers / Idler.py

diff --git a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
index d11fe90..22285de 100755 (executable)
--- a/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
+++ b/sql-edition/servers/Idler.py
@@ -240,7 +240,9 @@ class ClockIdler(Idler):
                self.last = None
 
        def next(self):
-               output = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
+               colonchar = ':'
+               if int(time.time()*2) & 1: colonchar = ' '
+               output = time.strftime("%%H%c%%M%c%%S"%(colonchar,colonchar))
                if output != self.last:
                        self.v.display(" %8.8s " % (output))
                        self.last = output