console beep?

[Svein Halvor Halvorsen]

[Andrew Spott, 2006-03-01]
> > > > > Hi.  I'd like to change the console beep to a visual beep whenever
> > > > > possible.  Not only in X, but also in the console.

[Svein Halvor Halvorsen, 2006-03-01]
> > > > At least you could have readline ommit the beep and issue a visual
> > > > signal, bu placing this in your .inputrc-file:
> > > >
> > > >        set bell-style visible
> > > >
> > > > This wil hoevere only affect thoes programis using the readline
> > > > system, eg. bash among others.

[Andrew Spott, 2006-03-01]
> > thanks, thats what i'm primarily woried about... the console beeps get
> > annoying when i type tab obsessively  *G*

[Andrew Spott, 2006-03-02]
> ok... i assumed you were talking about ~/.inputrc, however, i've got
> it in there, and in /etc/.inputrc, but neither have an effect.
>
> which file exactly are you talking about?

That's the one. This will only work for programs using readline
however. Also, you need to restart the program in question, eg. bash.

This is my ~/.inputrc:

set convert-meta off
set meta-flag on
set output-meta on
set bell-style none

But those meta-lines are there for internationalization purposes.

See readline(3) for more info.


Svein Halvor

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