On 15/11/15 10:41, Eric Toombs wrote: > Fair enough, Allan. I'll get on that when I have the time. > > On 2015-10-17 09:22, Allan McRae wrote: >> On 16/10/15 14:26, Eric Toombs wrote: >>> (copied from here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41188 The attachment >>> is there too. I made it a while ago, so that's why I called 4.1.2 current.) >>> >>> I have implemented a boolean option '--bell' that when enabled, causes >>> pacman to ring the terminal bell when there is user input required. I >>> find this tremendously helpful when there are long delays between user >>> input and I am busy doing other things at the same time. Let me know >>> what you think. >>> >>> The patch is attached. It applies to the src/pacman folder of the >>> current (4.1.2) release. >>> >> It is not a feature that I would ever use, but I'll have no objections >> if it is submitted with documentation update (man page). >>
As an added question... when is there long delays to user input? User input generally happens right after the repos are downloaded, which should not be a long delay. A
