BEL — Bell

Byte	0x07
Mnemonic	BEL
Otty support	✓

Description

Rings the terminal bell. Modern terminals translate the byte into one of three behaviours depending on user preference:

• Audible — plays the system alert sound.
• Visual — briefly flashes the focused pane.
• None — silent.

In Otty, configure with bell = visual | audio | both | none. BEL is also accepted as a legacy OSC string terminator in place of ESC \.

Example

printf '\a'              # \a is the C escape for BEL

Related

• Notifications — bell config and desktop notifications.
• OSC — BEL also terminates an OSC payload.