Re: Trying to silence a "Filter running" message

Hi,
Maybe try playing with msgwait?

bindkey "\033[25~" eval "msgwait 0" "exec ! amix-adjust minus" "msgwait 4"

On Wed, 30 Nov 2011, John Magolske wrote:

> Using screen as a "window manager" in the Linux console of my Thinkpad,
> I've bound certain keys to adjust volume up and down using amixer.
> In my ~/.screenrc there is:
>
>  # Decrease & Increase volume
>  bindkey "\033[25~" exec ! amix-adjust minus
>  bindkey "\033[26~" exec ! amix-adjust plus
>
> Where "amix-adjust" is a script:
>
>  #!/bin/sh
>  # for adjusting the Master volume level (used with Gnu Screen)
>  amixer -q set PCM 74%
>  if [ "$1" = "minus" ]
>  then
>      amixer -q set Master 1dB-
>      screen -X backtick 7 0 60 amix-level
>  elif [ "$1" = "plus" ]
>  then
>      amixer -q set Master 1dB+
>      screen -X backtick 7 0 60 amix-level
>  else
>      exit 0
>  fi
>
> And amix-level is another script:
>
>  #!/bin/sh
>  # for displaying the Master volum level set via amixer (used with Gnu Screen)
>  amixer -c 0 get Master | grep -m1 -o [0-9]*%
>
> This works fairly well, displaying the volume level "realtime" as
> a percentage in the caption line. One quirk though -- when holding
> down the assigned "plus" or "minus" key, after enough sequential
> repetitions a message will flash in the message line:
>
>  Filter running: !.. amix-adjust minus
>
> This is with the keyboard repeat rate set to 30 characters per second.
> Reducing the repeat rate to 22 makes the message goes away...but I'd
> like to leave it set to 30. Is there some other way to silence that
> output?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John