Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:50:01 +0200 From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com> To: Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which shell irc client do you like ? Message-ID: <ef60af0905032709504e0fd3@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <slrnd4ds77.f7h.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> References: <ef60af09050326165652fd3ff4@mail.gmail.com> <8953a1db05032704457baca3cf@mail.gmail.com> <slrnd4dnv4.1mm.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org> <ef60af0905032709194c1fe94a@mail.gmail.com> <slrnd4ds77.f7h.apeiron%2Busenet@prophecy.dyndns.org>
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:41:25 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2005-03-27, Gert Cuykens scribbled these > curious markings: > >> Surely you have screen(1) set up to show terminal beeps to you > >> *somehow*, right? I personally prefer having it use esdplay because I > >> usually have rhythmbox going, but you should be able to use a good ol' > >> terminal bell. > > > > so how do you do the beep thingie ? Becuase i did not find it ? > > By default, screen translates terminal bells into messages which are > displayed at the bottom of the screen. The bad thing about this is that > it dismisses such messages as soon as you hit a key. What this means is > that if you're typing away at a document of some sort and someone > mentions your nick on IRC, you may not notice. Using ^A-G (default > keybindings) will make the bell audible, so that you'll be able to hear > it. Whether your terminal emulation program that you use to log into the > system translates it into something visual is another matter. If you > want to always use this setting but you don't want to have to hit ^A-G > every time you start screen, put this in a file named ~/.screenrc: > > vbell off > > And you'll never see that annoying visual bell ever again. And how do you turn on beeps in irssi ?
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