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Visible bell mini-Howto

Alessandro Rubini, rubini@linux.it

v2.3, 2001-12-03


This document explains how to use termcap to configure a visual bell on one's system and describes how to disable audible bells on demand.

1. Copyright and License

2. Introduction

3. Spekearectomy

4. Per-console Beep Configuration

5. Basic Concepts About Termcap and Terminfo

6. Defining a Visible Bell

7. Disabling the Audible Bell on the Text Console

8. Telling Applications to Avoid Beeping

9. The Dark Side of the Problem


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