From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 16:30:58 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 362AF16A4CE for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:30:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB75A43D46 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:30:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1DFaeM-0002gJ-6W for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:30:06 +0200 Received: from pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net ([68.83.169.224]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:30:06 +0200 Received: from apeiron+usenet by pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:30:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Christopher Nehren Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:28:29 +0000 (UTC) Organization: /usr/bin/false Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <8953a1db05032704457baca3cf@mail.gmail.com> X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp08490587pcs.levtwn01.pa.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (FreeBSD) Sender: news Subject: Re: which shell irc client do you like ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:30:58 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2005-03-27, Paul Waring scribbled these curious markings: > I run it from a screen session all the time and it works well once you > get the hang of it. I think you can make it beep when new messages > come in but because I run it on a remote server I've never bothered to > look into/activate this feature. 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. Best Regards, Christopher Nehren -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFCRt/kk/lo7zvzJioRAh86AJ9Ji+xagBoQX7cbKgnG4hpymXVHgwCgiNb2 JDfaZeTykxcz28TMckiLpx4= =IbOa -----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.