* Re: replace beep with a flash
1999-07-26 15:22 replace beep with a flash Jens Linge
@ 1999-07-26 14:58 ` Peter Stephenson
1999-07-26 16:11 ` Andrew Gallagher
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From: Peter Stephenson @ 1999-07-26 14:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Jens Linge wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> is it possible to replace the BEEP with a visual signal (like a flashing
> background of the shell)?
> I once saw somebody working with a z-shell having this kind of option,
> but I didn't find anything in the manual or in the mail archive.
> There must be an option which I don't know. Any ideas?
You can do this from 3.1.6 (i.e., from next week, if you're waiting for the
released version). You have to set the ZBEEP parameter. By the way, the
strings in the documentation below were deduced from the fact that I use
xterm with inverse video turned on --- if I've got it wrong for the other
sort, please let me know.
ZBEEP
If set, this gives a string of characters, which can use all
the same codes as the bindkey command as described in the
zle module entry in zshmodules(1), that will be output to
the terminal instead of beeping. This may have a visible
instead of an audible effect; for example, the string
`\e[?5h\e[?5l' on a vt100 or xterm will have the effect of
flashing reverse video on and off (if you usually use
reverse video, you should use the string `\e[?5l\e[?5h'
instead). This takes precedence over the NOBEEP option.
--
Peter Stephenson <pws@ibmth.df.unipi.it> Tel: +39 050 844536
WWW: http://www.ifh.de/~pws/
Dipartimento di Fisica, Via Buonarroti 2, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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* replace beep with a flash
@ 1999-07-26 15:22 Jens Linge
1999-07-26 14:58 ` Peter Stephenson
1999-07-26 16:11 ` Andrew Gallagher
0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jens Linge @ 1999-07-26 15:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Dear all,
is it possible to replace the BEEP with a visual signal (like a flashing
background of the shell)?
I once saw somebody working with a z-shell having this kind of option,
but I didn't find anything in the manual or in the mail archive.
There must be an option which I don't know. Any ideas?
Thank you in advance.
Jens
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* Re: replace beep with a flash
1999-07-26 15:22 replace beep with a flash Jens Linge
1999-07-26 14:58 ` Peter Stephenson
@ 1999-07-26 16:11 ` Andrew Gallagher
1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Gallagher @ 1999-07-26 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Jens Linge wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> is it possible to replace the BEEP with a visual signal (like a flashing
> background of the shell)?
> I once saw somebody working with a z-shell having this kind of option,
> but I didn't find anything in the manual or in the mail archive.
> There must be an option which I don't know. Any ideas?
>
This is more usually done in an X terminal emulator rather than the
shell... try starting your terminal with the "-vb" option or set X-resource
"visualBell: true" (this works for both xterm and rxvt)...
--
Andrew Gallagher
Dept. of Applied Maths
Queen's University of Belfast
http://members.tripod.com/~AndrewGallagher/id.html
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