From: Peter I Amstutz <tetron@student.umass.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 10:59:59 -0400 (EDT)

Re: beep

On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Erik Thiele wrote:

> porting my graphics layer from dos to ggi
> i found a missing function
> 
> beep ()
> 
> every kind of terminal can do a beep. but how do i beep with ggi ?
> 
> i think beeping is not REALLY a job for ggi but then....
> i cannot use xbell, since i might be on a vcsa.
> i cannot use esound since i might be on a machine without esound.
> etc pp
> 
> 
> perhaps a simple beep should be seen as belonging to the terminal
> and ggi should be able to do a beep ?
> 
> is there a solution ?

printf("\x7"); 

will echo the "bell" character.

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