Bell sound & notifications #511

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2019-02-16T06:36:11+01:00

subraizada3 commented

2019-02-16 06:36:11 +01:00

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Hi,
Thanks for making CRT, it is awesome!

Konsole allows one to configure the behaviour of the terminal bell (show menu bar with ctrl-shift-m, then settings => configure notifications). Aside from playing a sound whenever there is a bell, it also allows for a system notification to pop up when a BEL is emitted in an inactive (nonfocused) terminal.

This allows for

$ long-running-command; tput bel

As a simple way to get a beep + a GUI notification when long-running-command finishes.

Would it be possible to get something like that in CRT?

Thanks!

Hi, Thanks for making CRT, it is awesome! Konsole allows one to configure the behaviour of the terminal bell (show menu bar with ctrl-shift-m, then settings => configure notifications). Aside from playing a sound whenever there is a bell, it also allows for a system notification to pop up when a BEL is emitted in an inactive (nonfocused) terminal. This allows for ``` $ long-running-command; tput bel ``` As a simple way to get a beep + a GUI notification when `long-running-command` finishes. Would it be possible to get something like that in CRT? Thanks! ![konsole_bell](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/3249268/52895077-0c660480-3183-11e9-9fd5-37c224cf7a59.png)

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BRFud commented

2020-02-29 01:08:15 +01:00

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I am running some old software that uses BEL via terminal for notifications. Currently using minicom on Linux which does emit a crude beep when the BEL is received. It would be great to also have a simple BEL sound when using CRT (focused session or otherwise)! Perhaps a user-configurable WAV, in addition to a default? Cheers for making this awesome opensource software available.

jwbrase commented

2022-05-12 12:14:44 +02:00

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I don't know what the situation is on Mac, but on Linux, most terminal emulators just pass ^G/BEL to X, and from there it gets handled by the desktop environment, and most DEs these days have broken bell handling. Konsole allows you to set a sound to be played on BEL, but if another BEL comes in while the first is still playing, only one will be played. In a lot of the retrocomputing I do, systems will send a single bell for user attention, and a triple bell for "this is important". Having a terminal, any terminal, that recognizes BEL and also properly handles multiple BELs would be amazing.

I don't know what the situation is on Mac, but on Linux, most terminal emulators just pass ^G/BEL to X, and from there it gets handled by the desktop environment, and most DEs these days have broken bell handling. Konsole allows you to set a sound to be played on BEL, but if another BEL comes in while the first is still playing, only one will be played. In a lot of the retrocomputing I do, systems will send a single bell for user attention, and a triple bell for "this is *important*". Having a terminal, any terminal, that recognizes BEL and also properly handles multiple BELs would be amazing.

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Reference: seeseemelk/cool-retro-term#511