On 2012-02-29 18:29 +0100, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I like silence. > > While running a tty console > (no X running) > I include in .inputrc > the line > set bell-style visible > > this is clearly respected by say the > tab command on an empty line (no beep, just a flash) > however > when i do > man anything > say man bash > and then reach the end of the buffer and then space bar through the buffer > then hitting space at the end of the buffer gives me a beep
This is because .inputrc is only honored by programs that use readline, and the standard pager does not use that. > how to get rid of this? Make sure that less (the standard pager) is invoked with the "-q" option. E.g. set PAGER="/usr/bin/less -q" in the environment. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87ipipo6xi....@turtle.gmx.de
