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Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep

References <jtqgam$77p$1@dough.gmane.org>
Date 2012-07-24 18:03 -0400
Subject Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep
From Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.2558.1343167403.4697.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Gelonida N <gelonida@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried the simplest approach (just printing the BEL character '\a' chr(7)
> to the console.

That's what I do when I want to send an audible alert to the user of a
console based program.  It's then up to the user's terminal to do
whatever the user wants. Printing a BEL character has the added
advantage that it plays nicely with programs that are run remotely
(through ssh sessions and the like).

Personally, I'm usually in a screen session, inside either an xterm or
over an ssh link, and have visual bells turned on so I can see the
alerts, even when they pop up in another screen.

-- 
Jerry

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Re: howto do a robust simple cross platform beep Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2012-07-24 18:03 -0400

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