Beeping the console

[Jeffrey Barish]

Peter Kleiweg wrote:

> Jeffrey Barish schreef:
> 
>> What is the easiest way to beep the console from a Python program
>> (i.e., to do the same thing as echo -e \a)?
> 
> import sys
> sys.stdout.write('\a')
> 
> or if you don't mind a newline:
> 
> print '\a'
> 
> 
> 
I tried this solution before posting my question, but I tried it in the
Idle Python shell.  When I run the command there it outputs \a.  Can
anyone explain why?  I should have tested it from a Python prompt in a
normal window, but I wasn't aware that Idle sometimes gives a different
response.

BTW, it's worth noting that in my program this solution works better
with

sys.stdout.flush()

immediately after the write.

Thanks to everyone for the responses.
-- 
Jeffrey Barish