On 7 Dec 2008 14:46:53 GMT, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:17:30 -0700, Joe Strout wrote: > >> But invoking the standard system beep is such a basic function that it >> ought to be easier than this. I'm pretty sure it's a single OS call on >> all platforms. On OS X, for example, it's >> >> void NSBeep(void); >> >> declared in NSGraphics.h. I'm sure it's something similarly simple on >> other platforms. > > I'm not so sure. Under Unix the "system beep" is usually in the terminal > emulation and triggered by sending '\a' to it.
Yes, and a terminal which prints a control character instead of beeping or flashing the screen, that's highly unusual. I think the poster tested this in some IDE with an "output window" rather than a real terminal. > AFAIK there is no standard beep in X-Windows There is, actually. It's called the bell, and it can be somewhat configured using xset(1). It's the single sound you can squeeze of a standard X server, and it's obviously modeled after the terminal bell. > so every desktop environment implements > something like audio notifications. KDE and Gnome might, but mine doesn't. Things vary so much on Unix. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ snipabacken.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
