On 1050852950 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch
"Steven M. Bellovin" wrote:
>

>I assume you're using 'vi'.  The beep is vi's main error message; I 
>don't know any way to disable it.  You may find that the easiest thing 
>is to use your laptop's volume or mute controls.  Once you get into X 
>-- and that's what you'll have to do for windows, and I fear it's 
>complex -- you can select xterm's 'visual bell' option.

In vi use :set flash.  This depends on the terminal in question
supporting a visual bell in its termcap.

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    Roland Dowdeswell                      http://www.Imrryr.ORG/~elric/