enable the visual bell by editing .Xdefaults or hold down shift then click
on the xterm windows with your right mouse button and select 'visual
bell' on the menu.

On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, Michael B. Trausch wrote:

 MBT> Hey,
 MBT> 
 MBT> I'm wondering-- in the console, when an application wants to beep, it
 MBT> beeps.  =)  In an xterm, under X, though, it blinks the xterm.  Is there a
 MBT> way to allow the program underenath to beep the speaker-- or is it because
 MBT> the xterm is being treated like a remote connection, you can't do that?
 MBT> 
 MBT> Just wondering.  I'd like PINE to beep when it's in an xterm windows when
 MBT> I get new mail... I'm starting to use X because I need the graphical
 MBT> Internet connection more and more... :-)
 MBT> 
 MBT>   - Mike
 MBT> 
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