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6. Defining a Visible Bell
You can add the entry for the vb capability in your
own termcap file, if it doesn't already define one. Dennis
Henriksen (duke@diku.dk) suggested to insert the following line
in the termcap entry for linux (note
that the entry is called console in old
distributions):
The trailing backslash is used to escape the newline in the database. Dennis' code does the following (his own words)::vb=\E7\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E[?5h\E[?5l\E8:\
- Save the cursor position (uust a safety precaution).
- Change the background color several times between normal and reverse.
- Restore the cursor position.
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