Onhold
Dev tools
terminal utility
SHOW HN2020
43points
15comments
#1,162of 3,028 in 2020
Top 39%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
2 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 3 comments about the project.
Idea: 2 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Useful for stepping away from the desk and missing notification sounds
From 1 comment
In iTerm 2, I have it set up to play a sound when certain commands finish, but it hadn't occurred to me that having hold music while the job is still processing could be useful.…
jawns on HN
Plays nicely with Linux pipes
From 1 comment
I like how it plays nice with linux pipes. I've used this on macOS before to accomplish the same thing: `afplay ~/song.mp3 & do_something_slow; pkill afplay; tput bel`
titanomachy on HN
Requests
Support for processes running in remote SSH sessions
From 1 comment
I wish there was something like this that worked for processes running in remote ssh sessions.
jefurii on HN
Questions
Tooling to map system metrics like CPU and IO to ambient sound
From 1 comment
Here's what I'd love to have: an ambience. Turning metrics like CPU, memory, IO and network loads into subtle sounds. Some more important background jobs execution into more…
TeMPOraL on HN
Alternatives named
tput bel terminal bell
From 2 comments
To ring terminal bell after running process > Ctrl+g # (^g) Or any of: > tput bel > echo -n -a "\a" > echo $'\a'
yomansat on HNI used `tput bel` after everything I want to get notified on if its running long. Extra good since it works over ssh as well.
VectorLock on HN
sox play with a synth tone
From 1 comment
Here's what I did to make sound come after a command: ``` import os from random import seed from random import random seed(a=None) def rnd(): return 200 + (random() * (2100 -…
sodimel on HN
macOS say command
From 1 comment
On MacOS instead of tput bel I use: `say "finished"` (or something) For non-Mac users: `say` will activate a voice saying some text
Gys on HN
notify.run browser notifications
From 1 comment
It doesn't do hold music, but check out https://notify.run/. It uses browser notifications so the machine that receives the notification need not be the machine that sends it.
paulgb on HN