[arch-general] Xterm urgency hint

[Nick Jones]

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 at 09:42:04 -0300, Norbert Zeh wrote:
> I've just run into a strange problem.  In order to highlight terminal
> windows that require my attention, I make the application running in the
> window beep, and I have set xterm*bellIsUrgent:true.  The problem: xterm
> seems to simply ignore this setting.  I can also go into the xterm menu
> and activate/deactivate bell urgency, but it makes no difference.  I
> always hear a beep instead of the window's urgency WM hint being set.

Maybe an obvious suggestion, but check that:

$ xset b on

Perhaps?

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-Nick