From owner-freebsd-current Thu Feb 1 12:33:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA27132 for current-outgoing; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 12:33:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from grumble.grondar.za (root@grumble.grondar.za [196.7.18.130]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA27126 Thu, 1 Feb 1996 12:33:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (mark@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by grumble.grondar.za (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA02690; Thu, 1 Feb 1996 22:32:35 +0200 (SAT) Message-Id: <199602012032.WAA02690@grumble.grondar.za> X-Authentication-Warning: grumble.grondar.za: Host mark@localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) cc: current@freebsd.org, S0ren Schmidt Subject: Re: Multiscreen, Bell & Talk Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 22:32:33 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= wrote: > Imagine you work at multiscreen console and someone tries to talk you. > And talk requests comes to another (not current) screen, so you may > even never notice them. Another variant: ncftp2 produce bell > when (long) file transfer is done, since you never hear it from > another screen, you forced to check it often. This irritates me too. > I have syscons patch wich delivers all bells to current screen > independently of screen they originally comes. It really helps > in situation like this. I saw several multiscreen > implementations which do the same thing, f.e. 'screen' program > notice you when bell comes to another screen. Is there some kind of "code" that could be used? The tone changes if it comes froma different console. I often have biff set on my master console, and it would be nice to know that something else has happened, apart from incoming mail... > If no objection comes, I plan to commit the patch. Yes, please! M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key