Andrew Bennetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 08:33:34PM +1100, Doug Stalker wrote: > > > > How can I stop a system from beeping on things like hitting tab > > > when there > > > > are multiple matches, scrolling too far in less/vi etc? Is > > > there a way to > > > > disable it for all apps (other than removing teh speaker)? > > > > > > > > The system I'd like to do this for is a Redhat 7.1 box. > > > > > > When you're in X windows "xset b off" > > > > > > I've got that line in $HOME/.xsession > > > > Whoops, should have mentioned I'm not using X - just multiple consoles > > running bash. > > In that case, the lazy way is to just run everything under screen(1). I'm > sure there's a better way though.
basically it involves configuring various apps. thankfully a lot of stuff uses readline these days, so try this: reflex$ cat .inputrc set bell-style visible i remember hacking at the kernel source years ago to try and make it quieter by varying the pitch :-) cheers, -- Damien Elmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
