Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1998 15:49:09 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ingo Ruhnke <grumbel AT gmx DOT de>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: how to get a visual bell for bash and man ?
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On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, Ingo Ruhnke wrote:

> To get a visual bell for bash I should add the
> following line to my _inputrc file:
> 
> set bell-style visible
> 
> But this don't work (I get a normal bell),

Which version of Bash is that?  I don't see such an option in
v1.14.7.

> And how do i set a visual bell for man? I know
> I can set a visual bell for less with less -q,
> but how to get this to man?

One way is to set LESS=-q in the environment.  Another way is to 
set PAGER=less -q.