About fading text in regular System.out.println form

[Klaas Vredevort]

How do I make a reqular piece of String fade in and out?

Klaas

[marc weber]

Originally posted by Klaas Vredevort:
How do I make a reqular piece of String fade in and out? ...

The destination of the standard output stream (e.g., a Windows Command Prompt) does not normally provide this functionality.

There are, however, crude ways to make something on a line blink...

class Blinker {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    for(int x = 0; x < 8; x++) {
      try {
        System.out.print("\rBlinking");
        Thread.sleep(500);
        System.out.print("\r........");
        Thread.sleep(500);
      }
      catch(Exception e) {
        System.out.println("Exception: " + e);
      }
    }
    System.out.println("\rDone blinking.");
  }
}