Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:41:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Christopher Nehren <apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: which shell irc client do you like ? Message-ID: <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>
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-----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. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCRvDnk/lo7zvzJioRAvQqAKCwMobp9DMHT/yNlEgeehsU97SS1wCdH6gp ZzWiNWqBEjNfFnvNcBLzaCA= =R0Kg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- I abhor a system designed for the "user", if that word is a coded pejorative meaning "stupid and unsophisticated". -- Ken Thompson If you ask the wrong questions, you get answers like "42" and "God". Unix is user friendly. However, it isn't idiot friendly.
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