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George Lober wrote: |
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> I don't know if this has been asked before, but I would like to make a |
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> request to add an audible warning to portage. Specifically what I would |
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> like portage to do is to give an audible notice when it stops due to an |
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> error, or when it completes its full job. This would be implemented as |
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> an option switch to turn the warnings on, unless the devs. feel like I |
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> do that it would be a very usefull feature that most people would prefer |
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> turned on by default. My suggestion would be to have a long extended |
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> beep indicating a stop due to an error and maybe four or five very short |
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> beeps (shorter than the ones one gets as a warning to read something) |
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> when the job finishes normally. I think this feature would make things a |
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> lot easier for a lot of people, not having to keep checking on your |
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> computer to see whats going on all the time. |
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> George Lober |
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The feature that you describe could easily be implemented as a wrapper script around emerge that checks the exit status and generates the desired sound. |
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Zac |
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