Allow terminal bell to trigger the window urgency hint

[patrickdepinguin]

Similar issue: #98502 . That issue was closed because part of the requested functionality now exists (visual indication inside the VSCode window itself).

However, I still miss a way to let the terminal bell (0x07 aka BEL aka \a) trigger the urgency hint of the VSCode application, so that my window manager would highlight this application window, and its entry on the taskbar.
I'm using Linux with X11, but my understanding is that the concept of 'urgency hint' also exists in Windows.

My use case is that I have multiple windows open for different projects. I would trigger a long-running command like a compilation or long search in the terminal window, and meanwhile switch to another window to work on something else. I do not want to 'poll' all different windows with such running actions. Hence, I print '\a' after the command, so that the bell would trigger, and I want to window to be highlighted so that I can see that something has finished, and _which window and which desktop-manager workspace contains that. With an audio signal, I cannot differentiate which window triggered the bell.

I think this option would fit will inside the existing VSCode Settings: "Accessibility -> Signals : Terminal Bell".

[meganrogge]

We already have accessibility.signals.terminalCommandSucceeded for this purpose

[patrickdepinguin]

The feature you mention seems to be what was done in the issue I referred to (#98502).

But it does not cover my request: the "announcement" option only works with a screen reader attached. And the "sound" option does not allow differentiating which window caused the sound.

Consider the use case: you have launched a long-running task you do not want to wait on, and start doing something else, in a different window and likely on a different desktop/workspace. You may have many such long-running tasks in many different windows. You hear a sound, but which of the different long-running tasks completed? You still need to check each and every one of the possible windows.
That is where the urgency hint comes in. The specific window requiring attention will be highlighted. Exactly how depends on the window manager and OS. In my window manager i3 it will mark the title bar of the window in orange, and mark the corresponding workspace on my taskbar in orange as well. I can thus go to the correct window directly without ambiguity.

[patrickdepinguin]

Megan Rogge (@meganrogge) Could you please reopen this issue given my clarification above ?