Disable the Beep from Vi in Korn Shell

[Hunki]

I am working on my laptop using exceed to connect to the console. Need to avoid this constant beep coming from my laptop while I am working in vi. I have the sound turned off for my laptop but still its coming and I am working in the korn shell.

Thanks

Hunki

[Peter Godron]

Hunki,
are you sure your laptop sound is switched off. Is there a little crossed out speaker icon in your icon box (assumming you are running windows).The laptop setting should override everthing else.

[Rodney Hills]

Did you try-

:set noerrorbells

Rod Hills

[Hunki]

Peter : Yes
Rodney : Did not work

Hunki :(

[Peter Godron]

Hunki,
looking at the hummingbird site:
To prevent Exceed 7.0 from using the sound card, please put this in win.ini:
[Exceed]
UseAudioDevice=0

Restart the Exceed Xserver.


Note: this will not allow any sound through Exceed (not even the system
beep).

[OldSchool]

I would have thought "noeb" as well.

What does ":set" return?

[Jannik]

try out this program:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/parseCurl.do?CURL=/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x215e0fe6d0f7d61190050090279cd0f9,00.html&admit=-682735245+1124998877372+28353475

[Rodney Hills]

When does the beep occur?

- Exiting insert mode
- Typing past column 72
- Totally sporadic and random

Rod Hills

[Rodney Hills]

Some vi's have an option called "visualbell". You could try setting that and see if it silences.

HTH

-- Rod Hills

[Adrian Horne · Accepted solution]

Hi
I have had to use

xset -b

with Exceed in the past to stop the beep causing problems.

[Hunki]

Adrian,

Ur the Man !!!

it worked like a charm

Thanks,

Hunki