[Geany] Geany: visual beep

[Dimitar Zhekov]

> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Dimitar Zhekov
> <dimitar.zhekov at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > In Geany, we have an option to set "Beep on errors or compilation
> > finished", which results in gdk_beep() or nothing. What do you think
> > about adding a "visual beep" option [...]
> 

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On Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:55:26 +1100
Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:

> So long as it has a preference to turn it firmly O-F-F

It can't be on by default, there's nothing in the current configuration
that suggests "I want something different than beep or no beep".

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:18:09 +0100
Colomban Wendling <lists.ban at herbesfolles.org> wrote:

> Can't the WM do something with gdk_beep()?  It seems wrong to me to 
> implement this manually in the app, and I though the WM already 
> supported this.

Not AFAIK. Unless the beeping is at X11/ICCCM/xdg level, there's no way
KDE can handle a gdk_beep(). WM's may flash or re-color the titles of
apps which "require attention", but that's at wm application level.

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On Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:41:49 -0800
Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca> wrote:

> Could not just put a message in the status bar?  Or pulse the status 
> bar's progress bar during compilation? Probably I don't fully 
> understand, so feel free to ignore.

Actually, we display the progress bar while running a build action, but
still beep at the end. In fact, we have 35 (sic!) calls to utils_beep,
so there's no wonder I prefer to keep it off...

Some of these calls have status bar messages. How noticable are they,
in the bottom of a novadays large monitor, is another question.

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E-gards: Jimmy