On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:56:14 -0700, Joe Strout wrote: > On Dec 7, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> On 2008-12-07, Joe Strout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> But invoking the standard system beep >> >> What makes you think there is such a thing as "the standard system >> beep"? > > Because OS X (the platform with which I'm most familiar) certainly has > one,
OS X, isn't that the operating system owned by Apple that runs on a handful of more-or-less identical varieties of hardware all controlled by Apple? > and REALbasic has had a "Beep" method for years which works on all > platforms. If RB can do it, we can do it too. That would be a standard language beep then, not a standard system beep. You're assuming that there is a standard way for any computer to make a sound. I don't think that is true. Of course, if you're volunteering to write such a standard system beep for Python, I for one would be grateful. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
