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Bell
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 - Command: bell_msg [message]
     (none)
     When a bell character is sent to a background window, `screen'
     displays a notification in the message line.  The notification
     message can be re-defined by this command.  Each occurrence of `%'
     in MESSAGE is replaced by the number of the window to which a bell
     has been sent, and each occurrence of `^G' is replaced by the
     definition for bell in your termcap (usually an audible bell).
     The default message is

          'Bell in window %n'

     An empty message can be supplied to the `bell_msg' command to
     suppress output of a message line (`bell_msg ""').  Without
     parameter, the current message is shown.

 - Command: vbell [state]
     (`C-a C-g')
     Sets or toggles the visual bell setting for the current window. If
     `vbell' is switched to `on', but your terminal does not support a
     visual bell, the visual bell message is displayed in the status
     line when the bell character is received.  Visual bell support of
     a terminal is defined by the termcap variable `vb'. Note: Visual
     Bell, for more information on visual bells.  The
     equivalent terminfo capability is `flash'.

     Per  default, `vbell' is `off', thus the audible bell is used.

 - Command: vbell_msg [message]
     (none)
     Sets the visual bell message. MESSAGE is printed to the status
     line if the window receives a bell character (^G), `vbell' is set
     to `on' and the terminal does not support a visual bell.  The
     default message is `Wuff, Wuff!!'.  Without parameter, the current
     message is shown.

 - Command: vbellwait sec
     (none)
     Define a delay in seconds after each display of `screen' 's visual
     bell message. The default is 1 second.