Terminal Bell Notifications
Choose sound or a visual flash when the terminal rings its bell.
Availability
Partially implemented in stable. Read the limits below before relying on this workflow.
Reviewed against stable v0.5.1. Rust candidate additions are labeled separately. Release status.
The pain this solves
- A terminal bell can draw attention to output that requests it.
- Sound and visual feedback differ from Dock or notification-center behavior.
What ships with it
- Stable bridge detects bell events.
- The terminal view supports configured sound or visual flash.
- Dock bounce and the claimed rate limiter were not verified.
Questions this answers
- Does Chau7 respond to terminal bell events?
- Can the bell use sound or visual flash?
- Does the stable bell bounce the Dock?
How it works
The stable Rust terminal bridge reports bell events, and the macOS terminal view handles them using the configured bell setting.
The supported feedback path is a sound or a brief visual flash. The audited source does not substantiate Dock-bounce, per-profile mode-combination, or rate-limiter claims.
Bell delivery depends on the terminal event being detected and the bell setting being enabled. It is an attention cue, not a guarantee that every background task completion produces a notification.
Why it matters
A terminal bell can draw attention when a program requests it. The stable feature is limited to the sound and visual behaviors implemented by the terminal view.
Frequently asked questions
What does the stable bell do?
It can play a sound or flash the terminal view, depending on its configuration.
Does it bounce the Dock or rate-limit every program?
Those behaviors were not supported by the stable source inspected for this audit.