how to get a beep, OS independent ?

[Jorgen Grahn]

On 7 Dec 2008 14:46:53 GMT, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_666 at gmx.net> 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

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