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Re: replace beep with a flash

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From: Andrew Gallagher <andrew.gallagher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: replace beep with a flash
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 16:11:28 +0000
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Jens Linge wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> is it possible to replace the BEEP with a visual signal (like a flashing
> background of the shell)?
> I once saw somebody working with a z-shell having this kind of option,
> but I didn't find anything in the manual or in the mail archive.
> There must be an option which I don't know. Any ideas?
>

This is more usually done in an X terminal emulator rather than the
shell... try starting your terminal with the "-vb" option or set X-resource
"visualBell: true" (this works for both xterm and rxvt)...

--
Andrew Gallagher
Dept. of Applied Maths
Queen's University of Belfast
http://members.tripod.com/~AndrewGallagher/id.html

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