FAAAAAAA Error Sound

This VS Code extension plays a FAAAAAAA sound when:

• A command in the integrated terminal exits with a non-zero exit code.
• Error diagnostics appear in your code.

Features

• Terminal failure detection via VS Code terminal shell execution events.
• Error detection from editor diagnostics.
• Built-in dedupe and cooldown to avoid constant replay.
• Supports custom sound file playback (recommended) with TTS fallback.
• Cross-platform text-to-speech command support:
  • macOS: say
  • Windows: powershell + System.Speech
  • Linux: espeak or spd-say

Settings

Open VS Code Settings and search for FAAAAAAA Error Sound:

• faaaaaaaSound.enableTerminalErrors (default: true)
• faaaaaaaSound.enableSyntaxErrors (default: true)
• faaaaaaaSound.onlySyntaxLikeMessages (default: false)
• faaaaaaaSound.cooldownMs (default: 1500)
• faaaaaaaSound.soundFilePath (default: ``)
• faaaaaaaSound.soundText (default: FAAAAAAA, used only as fallback)

Command

• FAAAAAAA Sound: Play Test Sound
• FAAAAAAA Sound: Check Active File Diagnostics
• FAAAAAAA Sound: Pick Sound File

Development

npm install
npm run compile

Then press F5 in VS Code to run the Extension Development Host.

Notes

• Terminal failure detection depends on VS Code shell integration support.
• If no custom file is configured, extension falls back to OS speech command (say, powershell, espeak, or spd-say).
• You can set your original audio via command palette: FAAAAAAA Sound: Pick Sound File.

Troubleshooting

• This extension can only listen to terminals inside VS Code (integrated terminal), not iTerm/Terminal app windows.
• During development, run it from Extension Development Host (F5) and test in that host window.
• Make sure VS Code setting terminal.integrated.shellIntegration.enabled is true.
• Run command palette action FAAAAAAA Sound: Play Test Sound first to confirm audio works.