From b5752f1beb634f58852f8f3b32dc603f91a7b35f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: owen Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 11:46:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bell panel docs. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@1144 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/config.but | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/config.but b/doc/config.but index b501a319..001ab364 100644 --- a/doc/config.but +++ b/doc/config.but @@ -356,6 +356,46 @@ If you enable the \q{Application and AltGr act as Compose key} option, the Windows Application key and the AltGr key will both have this behaviour. +\H{config-bell} The Bell panel + +The Bell configuration panel allows you to control how PuTTY should +respond to a terminal bell. + +\S{config-bellstyle} Set the style of bell + +When a terminal bell occurs, PuTTY can do one of the following things: + +\b Nothing. The bell is disabled. Taskbar bell indication still +works, however. + +\b Play Windows Default Sound. The Windows Default Sound (which can +be configured from the Sounds control panel) will be played. + +\b Play a custom sound file. Select a \c{.wav} sound file using the +\e{Custom sound file to play as a bell} text box, or browse for the +file to play using the \e{Browse...} button. + +\b Flash the terminal window as a visual bell. No sound will be +played. + +In addition, the PuTTY window's title bar and its entry in the taskbar +can be configured to flash or invert to indicate that a terminal bell +has occurred. + +\S{config-belloverload} Control the bell overload behaviour + +Sometimes mistakes, for example trying to \c{cat} a binary file on a +Unix machine, can lead to a large number of terminal bells being +received by PuTTY. It might take a long time for PuTTY to catch up +with reacting to these bells, and the noise or flashing could be very +irritating for the user. + +PuTTY's bell overload handling is designed to avoid this problem. If +turned on using the \e{Bell is temporarily disabled when over-used} +tick box, the bell will be disabled if it occurs more than a specified +number of times in a specified number of seconds. When no bells have +occurred for a number of seconds, PuTTY re-enables the bell. + \H{config-window} The Window panel The Window configuration panel allows you to control aspects of the -- 2.11.0