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From: vook@narnia.rtp.dg.com (Eric R Vook)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: bell on new mail
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.175056.19427@dg-rtp.dg.com>
Date: 15 Oct 90 17:50:56 GMT
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I'd like to have elm ring a bell when I get new mail.  Is there an
easy way to have this happen?

Why, you ask?  I run under X windows, but don't want to run xbiff.  It
doesn't do enough for me.  What I want is the ease of use of elm in a
terminal emulator window.  The emulator I have in mind, when iconified
can flips its icon [reverse video] when it receives a bell [^G].  The
problem I have is generating a ^G from elm when I get new mail.

Thanks in advance.

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Eric R Vook                  |  Face reality as it is,
Data General Corporation     |    not as it was
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