Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/04/27/12:13:45
On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Dave Korn wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> > Sent: 27 April 2004 15:48
>
> > On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Jim Gelasakis wrote:
> >
> > > We are using Cygwin version 1.5.5(0.94/3/2) on Windows 2000.
> > >
> > > I have a telnet session to my Shell - using bash.
> > >
> > > I want to generate a system beep (not a WAV) in the telnet session.
> >
> > The Cygwin console uses the MessageBeep functionality of
> > Windows, which usually plays a WAV.
>
> Jim is presumably referring to the PC speaker beep, which is often still a
> little piezo squawker inside the pc's case somewhere. I have this vague
> memory that cygwin used to use it back around 1.3.x, but maybe it's
> something in 'doze that controls whether you get a real piezo bleep or a
> .wav file played through your sound card that has changed in my setup since
> those days, so I really dunno.
Dave,
Did you even read the rest of that message? ;-)
Igor
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