On Friday 2013 March 22 18:48, Phil wrote: > Just out of curiosity how can a beep sound be generated? > > My interest in this came about because echo -e '\a' no longer works. > Also print '\a' doesn't work, presumably for the same reason. The > following is also mute: > > import Tkinter > Tkinter.Tk().bell() > > Print '\a', under Idle, causes a bell icon to be displayed so it seems > that the lack of a beep is due to a system setting. > > A Google search has shown several methods to play .wav files, some > easier than others. Perhaps Pulse Audio has made '\a' redundant?
Maybe something here: http://code.activestate.com/search/recipes/#q=beep -- Yonder nor sorghum stenches shut ladle gulls stopper torque wet strainers. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor