Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 22:32:33 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) <ache@astral.msk.su> Cc: current@freebsd.org, S0ren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Multiscreen, Bell & Talk Message-ID: <199602012032.WAA02690@grumble.grondar.za>
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=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= wrote: > Imagine you work at multiscreen console and someone tries to talk you. > And talk requests comes to another (not current) screen, so you may > even never notice them. Another variant: ncftp2 produce bell > when (long) file transfer is done, since you never hear it from > another screen, you forced to check it often. This irritates me too. > I have syscons patch wich delivers all bells to current screen > independently of screen they originally comes. It really helps > in situation like this. I saw several multiscreen > implementations which do the same thing, f.e. 'screen' program > notice you when bell comes to another screen. Is there some kind of "code" that could be used? The tone changes if it comes froma different console. I often have biff set on my master console, and it would be nice to know that something else has happened, apart from incoming mail... > If no objection comes, I plan to commit the patch. Yes, please! M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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