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From: ruhtra@turing.toronto.edu (Arthur Tateishi)
Subject: Re: How to stop VI's beeping?
Message-ID: <1990Sep27.005744.15738@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
References: <14018@hydra.gatech.EDU> <12789@encore.Encore.COM>
Date: 27 Sep 90 04:57:44 GMT
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In article <12789@encore.Encore.COM>, boykin@encore.com(Joseph Boykin)
writes:
>
>In article <14018@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt0701a@prism.gatech.EDU
>(FRANK,MARTIN ROBERT) writes:
>> As a longtime VI user I'm pretty experienced in it but there is
>> one really annoying thing about VI:
>> Every time you make an 'error', like trying to go past the left
>> border, VI beeps; driving not only me but also my officemates
>> nuts.
>> Is there any possibility to get rid of this (short of destroying
>> the speaker of my terminal?
>
>You could turn down the volume :-)
>
>Some versions of VI have a 'flash' option (:set flash), which will
>turn beeps to screen flashes.  I find this even more obnoxious than
>the bell.
>
>The other choice is to change termcap entries.  You'll probably
>see "vb=^G" or no 'vb' entry in your termcap entry.  Change this
>to "vb=" and no more bells.

An easier way is to turn off the beeps.
:set noerrorbells
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