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| Date | 2012-07-15 04:49 +1000 |
| Subject | Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep |
| From | Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.2119.1342291754.4697.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 3:54 AM, Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de> wrote: > I, too, would find it useful -- for me (although I do not hate myself). > > Surely, you know an alarm clock. Usually, it gives an audible signal > when it is time to do something. A computer can in principle be used > as a flexible alarm clock - but it is not so easy with the audible signal... > An audible signal has the advantage (over a visual one) that you can > recognize it even when you are not looking at the screen (because you > are thinking). > > Unfortunately, I had to give up. My new computer lacks a working > speaker... There's a simple cheat you can do. Just invoke some other application to produce the sound! My current alarm clock comes in two modes: it either picks a random MIDI file from Gilbert and Sullivan's "Ruddigore", or it plays the "Alice: Madness Returns" theme; in each case it just invokes the file with its default association (see the "start" command in Windows, or "gnome-open" in, well, GNOME). Of course, working speaker IS a prerequisite. ChrisA
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howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 03:00 +0200
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-07-14 03:19 +0000
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Dieter Maurer <dieter@handshake.de> - 2012-07-14 19:54 +0200
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 04:49 +1000
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Hans Mulder <hansmu@xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-15 02:39 +0200
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-15 11:07 +1000
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 11:43 -0700
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka@gmail.com> - 2012-07-14 11:43 -0700
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-07-14 18:15 -0700
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> - 2012-07-24 23:39 +0200
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-07-25 07:52 +1000
Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com - 2012-07-14 18:15 -0700
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