[pacman-dev] [feature request] Ring terminal bell on prompt

[Allan McRae]

On 15/11/15 10:41, Eric Toombs wrote:
> Fair enough, Allan. I'll get on that when I have the time.
> 
> On 2015-10-17 09:22, Allan McRae wrote:
>> On 16/10/15 14:26, Eric Toombs wrote:
>>> (copied from here: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/41188 The attachment
>>> is there too. I made it a while ago, so that's why I called 4.1.2 current.)
>>>
>>> I have implemented a boolean option '--bell' that when enabled, causes
>>> pacman to ring the terminal bell when there is user input required. I
>>> find this tremendously helpful when there are long delays between user
>>> input and I am busy doing other things at the same time. Let me know
>>> what you think.
>>>
>>> The patch is attached. It applies to the src/pacman folder of the
>>> current (4.1.2) release.
>>>
>> It is not a feature that I would ever use, but I'll have no objections
>> if it is submitted with documentation update (man page).
>>


As an added question...   when is there long delays to user input?
User input generally happens right after the repos are downloaded, which
should not be a long delay.

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