Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 14:37:21 -0600 From: wayne To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin 'bell' not working Message-ID: <20030401143721.A17596@reliant.immure.com> Reply-To: Wayne Willcox References: <20030401203527.89261.qmail@web12702.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20030401203527.89261.qmail@web12702.mail.yahoo.com>; from jdhedden@yahoo.com on Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:35:27PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD reliant.immure.com 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE For what is is worth it works on my cygwin system. On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 12:35:27PM -0800, Jerry D. Hedden wrote: > The following command is supposed to sound a 'bell', but does not > produce any sound output on my machine: > > echo -e '\a' > > If I output a ^G using Window's echo command, I do get a beep. > > I am not using X-Windows. I am using Windows 'command prompt' window > running bash. > > Does Cygwin lack the ability to sound the computer's bell? If not, > what do I need to change to fix this? > > ===== > Jerry D. Hedden - Author of MegaWiki for Palm-based handhelds > http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?prodID=36156 > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/megawiki/ and http://www.megawiki.com > << I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. >> > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham wayne@reliant.immure.com I will not eat them Sam I Am!! A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/