How to stop VI's beeping?

[Joseph Boykin]

In article <14018 at hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt0701a at prism.gatech.EDU
(FRANK,MARTIN ROBERT) writes:
> As a longtime VI user I'm pretty experienced in it but there is
> one really annoying thing about VI:
> Every time you make an 'error', like trying to go past the left
> border, VI beeps; driving not only me but also my officemates
> nuts.
> Is there any possibility to get rid of this (short of destroying
> the speaker of my terminal?

You could turn down the volume :-)

Some versions of VI have a 'flash' option (:set flash), which will
turn beeps to screen flashes.  I find this even more obnoxious than
the bell.

The other choice is to change termcap entries.  You'll probably
see "vb=^G" or no 'vb' entry in your termcap entry.  Change this
to "vb=" and no more bells.

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Joseph Boykin
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Encore Computer Corp
Treasurer, IEEE Computer Society

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