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Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 19:50:01 +0200
From: Gert Cuykens <gert.cuykens@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: which shell irc client do you like ?
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:41:25 +0000 (UTC), Christopher Nehren
<apeiron+usenet@coitusmentis.info> wrote:
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> On 2005-03-27, Gert Cuykens scribbled these
> curious markings:
> >> 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.
> >
> > so how do you do the beep thingie ? Becuase i did not find it ?
> 
> By default, screen translates terminal bells into messages which are
> displayed at the bottom of the screen. The bad thing about this is that
> it dismisses such messages as soon as you hit a key. What this means is
> that if you're typing away at a document of some sort and someone
> mentions your nick on IRC, you may not notice. Using ^A-G (default
> keybindings) will make the bell audible, so that you'll be able to hear
> it. Whether your terminal emulation program that you use to log into the
> system translates it into something visual is another matter. If you
> want to always use this setting but you don't want to have to hit ^A-G
> every time you start screen, put this in a file named ~/.screenrc:
> 
> vbell off
> 
> And you'll never see that annoying visual bell ever again.

And how do you turn on beeps in irssi ?