Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 04:22:17 -0500 (EST) From: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca To: gjennejohn@frt.dec.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, packrat@iinet.net.au Subject: Re: ping(8) Message-ID: <199702060922.EAA10754@james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca>
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In Email, garyj@frt.dec.com wrote:
> packrat@iinet.net.au writes:
> >
> > Something like '-a': audible tone for pings.
> >
>
> seems resaonable to me. Why not '-b' for "bell" ? Seems more
> intuitive somwhow.
printf(1) uses \a for bell, so that could arguably be precedance of some
sort. OTOH, bc(1) uses a \b for bell, so... And, of course, there's the
"bell" mode (not "audible" mode) of ftp(1) and "nobeep", not "noaudio" in
csh(1). Not to forget, either, ex(1)'s "set eb", not "set ea" to turn on
errorbells. Most incriminating is kbdcontrol(1)'s "-b" option, though...
"-a" does seem nicer, regardless...
--
tIM...HOEk
"[Your] approach is in error; it is bad engineering methodology."
- Terry Lambert.
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