Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 09:42:04 +1000 From: Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au> To: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I stop vi beeping! Message-ID: <37264B4C.F34BBE30@TurnAround.com.au> References: <19990427235012.B778@marder-1>
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Mark Ovens wrote: > > How do you stop vi from !@*?!$* beeping on errors when running in > an xterm? > > I'm running olvwm and have ``OpenWindows.Beep: never'' in ~/.Xdefaults, > ``set nobeep'' in .cshrc, and ``noerrorbells'' is set in vi, yet > it still beeps on errors. > > I hate computers beeping at me! > > It doesn't beep if running in the console, or in shelltool, only > in an xterm. > I don't know if this will suffice for you (it drives me crazy), but you can turn the beep into a screen flash in xterms by Ctrl-Right clicking, then selecting visual bell from the menu that appears. BTW: it might be Ctrl-Left or Ctrl-Middle - I'm not sure and don't have immedaite access to X at the moment. HTH -- Regards | _/\_/\ Andrew Johns BSc (Comp Sci) | / \ TurnAround Solutions Pty Ltd | \_...__/ http://www.turnaround.com.au/ | \/ "The box said 'Requires Windows 95, NT, or better,' so I installed FreeBSD." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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