On Di, 04 Jun 2019, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
> I have been wondering if it would help if Vim could play a sound. Think
> of a gentle "ping" to indicate the cursor can't move there, or a
> "tadaa" when a background build finishes successfully. At least I have
> had times where I didn't notice something that was going on, because I
> was looking in the wrong place. Currently there only is the annoying
> beep (which I usually have disabled).
>
> I wonder how useful this would be. It's probably a matter of taste
> anyway. And it only works locally (unless there is an xterm sequence to
> play a sound?).
>
> And I wonder if it can be implemented in a way it's portable. There are
> some audio libraries floating around, but I don't expect the "-dev"
> version to be installed on most systems. Perhaps MS-Windows has
> something that's always available?
>
> Another way would be to use a system command (in the background), but
> that could have some latency.
Please not, we don't want to become an operating system, do we? How
about something more flexible, some kind of a notification callback,
that could show up (e.g. a small popup) or something that a user can
configure to play a sound if possible (e.g. a shell callback)?
Best,
Christian
--
Eine Religion, die den Menschen finster macht, ist falsch; denn er
muß Gott mit frohem Herzen und nicht aus Zwang dienen.
-- Immanuel Kant
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