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Date:      Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:42:26 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        Andrew Johns <A_Johns@TurnAround.com.au>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How do I stop vi beeping!
Message-ID:  <19990428004225.D1042@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <37264B4C.F34BBE30@TurnAround.com.au>; from Andrew Johns on Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 09:42:04AM %2B1000
References:  <19990427235012.B778@marder-1> <37264B4C.F34BBE30@TurnAround.com.au>

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On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 09:42:04AM +1000, Andrew Johns wrote:
> 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

Me too, worse than the beeping!

> 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
> 
> -- 
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