NAME¶
bell - Ring a display's bell
SYNOPSIS¶
bell ?
-displayof window? ?
-nice?
DESCRIPTION¶
This command rings the bell on the display for
window and returns an
empty string. If the
-displayof option is omitted, the display of the
application's main window is used by default. The command uses the current
bell-related settings for the display, which may be modified with programs
such as
xset.
If
-nice is not specified, this command also resets the screen saver for
the screen. Some screen savers will ignore this, but others will reset so that
the screen becomes visible again.
KEYWORDS¶
beep, bell, ring