Irssi by default will highlight your nickname, but that actually requires you to be looking at the screen. I wanted to make irssi beep when someone mentioned my nick, so that I didn’t have to actively monitor the tab in konsole. Here’s how to do it.
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/set bell_beeps ON /set beep_msg_level MSGS NOTICES DCC DCCMSGS HILIGHT |
The correct syntax is
/set bell_beeps = ON
Actually, in my irssi client, the syntax mentioned in the original post is correct. Yours gives an error.
it depends if your write it directly in irssi or in the config
Just what I needed, thanks
Thanks! Much appreciated!
I dont get it working :S My window flashes, but there is no sound.
I think it is beacuse your terminal app. You probably need to turn sounds on at your terminal preferences.
that sounds like you have your SSH client/terminal program set to Visual Beep. Check your settings. If you’re behind screen you’ll want to configure that too.
Nice! Thanks a lot for this.
For the people using irssi from a screen, press CTRL+A CTRL+G the enable beeping.
Works like a charm. My irssi session now has 100% more cowbell. Thanks!
Thanks all! This post+comments was all I that I needed to know 🙂
Is it possible to make it work on a tty? I run irssi on a tty terminal because I want to read IRC messages while playing a game, and I need some message notification…
If all else fails, try a
modprobe pcspkrYou also will want to add “/hilight -mask yournick”
If you set bell_beeps on, that does not make it beep when someone highlights you.
It actually does something far worse. It makes the beep control code send a beep to your terminal.
How is that worse? That’s what I wanted personally – it’s (AFAIK) the only way a console app can make a sound!
If it isn’t beeping check that your screen session (if you’re using one), terminal and desktop sound settings are configured correctly.
screen “Ctrl-A :vbell off”
gnome-terminal Edit > Profile Preferences. Check the Terminal Bell box.
gnome alert sounds Preferences > Sound will allow you to set the sound and volume for alerts. For debugging you can send a beep manually using echo -e “a”. Hey pookey, Termisoc says hi.
Works like a charm! Thank you very much!
It’s a little sad that IRSSI doesn’t have a complete help section, some help sections for some cmds aren’t there, so really glad there’s guys out here on the interwebz that can help! =)
The current documentation says you don’t need “bell_beeps”, see
https://irssi.org/documentation/settings/#bell_beeps