Re: Default Beep

[Chris <chris@ormond.unimelb.edu.au>]

On Mon, 18 May 1998, Pete Harlan wrote:

> > There is an app that lets you do this.  I read it in one of the
> > Debian packaged howtos.  It is the same program that lets you change
> > all kinds of low level stuff.  Like console colors and what not.
> > 
> > Chris wrote:
> > > 
> > > I just had a weird though - is it possible to change the default beep in
> > > linux?  You know - the one you get in vi all the time ;)
> 
> If you use X, you can put something like
> 
> 	xset b 50 1760 20
> 
> in your .xsession or .xinitrc file.  "man xset".
> 
> If you're not using X, and your biggest complaint is the beep, then
> there's something wrong with your brain (but then you already said you
> use vi ;)
> 

I won't get into an argument about vi (except to say it's the best editor
I've ever used ;), but I'm not really worried about the beep - just
wondered if I could change the sucker (although it'll help me tell the
difference between my puter and everyone elses at work!).

Thanks,

C.




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