bell(3tk)

💖 bell(3tk) 💖

okay bestie, so the manual name is bell and it's literally here to ring a display's bell. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly 🔔✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bell ?-displayof window? ?-nice?

look at her. two little optional flags. she's low maintenance. 👑

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this command rings the bell on the display for window, and then it just... returns an empty string. no notes. no drama. she rings, she leaves. 💅

if you skip the -displayof option, it uses the display of the application's main window by default. that's the default, bestie, don't overthink it. 🫶

and the command uses the current bell-related settings for that display — which, fun fact, you can modify with programs such as xset. so the vibe of your bell is fully customizable. iykyk. 🌈

now this next part is important so pay attention 🙈

if -nice is not specified, this command also resets the screen saver for the screen. some screen savers will ignore this (rude), but others will reset so that the screen becomes visible again. so basically you can wake the screen up just by ringing the bell. main character energy fr fr. 😭🔥

ngl, the fact that -nice skips the screen saver reset is the whole reason that flag exists. no screen-saver side quests. just the bell. 🎀

🌸 KEYWORDS 🌸

• beep
• bell
• ring

and that's the whole page, bestie!! go forth and ring responsibly 🔔✨

this page comes to you from Tk 8.4, filed under bell(3tk) — mwah, sending kisses, see you in the next manpage 💋💖🦋