From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 26 15:33:33 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99BBD1065692 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 578188FC13 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NOYe0-0004rt-V1; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:32 +0000 Received: from mech-anton242.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.242]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NOYe0-0003k1-2R; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:28 +0000 Received: from mech-anton242.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-anton242.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBQFXRVP009984; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:27 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-anton242.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBQFXRdG009983; Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:27 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-anton242.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:27 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20091226153327.GA9918@mech-anton242.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091225185826.GA82073@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <20091225204914.2a532df3.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091225204914.2a532df3.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -4.5 X-Spam-Level: ---- Cc: Anton Shterenlikht , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: example c program that does "beep" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:33:33 -0000 On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 08:49:14PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:58:26 +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > How can I get a beep from c? > > I looked at curses and syscons.c, but > > still not clear. > > If you want to use NCURSES / CURSES, it's a bit complicated. > > Otherwise, just output %c (the character) 0x07, BEL, which > generates an audible bell, or beep. > > > *** text/plain attachement has been stripped *** RETRY *** > > /* beepflash.c > * ----------- > * cc -Wall -lcurses -o beepflash beepflash.c > * > */ > > #include > #include > > int main(int argc, char *argv[]) > { > initscr(); > cbreak(); > noecho(); > nonl(); > intrflush(stdscr, FALSE); > keypad(stdscr, TRUE); > start_color(); > > printf("beep: %d\n", beep()); > fflush(stdout); > > printf("flash: %d\n", flash()); > fflush(stdout); > > return 0; > } Instead of a beep and a flash I get: beep: 0./beepflash flash: 0 HAMOR> on the console. Hamor> is a tcsh prompt. Maybe something is wrong with my installation? Or maybe I'm too stupid and missed something obvious? thank you -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423