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Re: Produce beeps using soundcard
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 08:39:21PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 01:34:28AM +0100, Vaclav Haisman wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> this small patch adds an ability to produce beeps (\a) using
>>> soundcard by MessageBeep() call. It can be enabled by new CYGWIN
>>> option winbeep.
>>>
>>> Vaclav Haisman
>>>
>>> 2003-02-13 Vaclav Haisman <V.Haisman@sh.cvut.cz>
>>> * environ.cc (windows_beep): New variable declaration.
>>> (parse_thing): New CYGWIN option.
>>> * fhandler_console.cc (windows_beep): New variable definition.
>>> (fhandler_console::write_normal): Handle the new option.
>>> * Makefile.in (DLL_IMPORTS): Add libuser32.a for MessageBeep.
>>
>> I'm sorry but I really don't want to add too many options to the
>> CYGWIN environment variable. I don't think this really justifies an
>> option.
>
>Does that mean it will replace the current beep, or is it a rejection of the
>patch? I would really like this - Beep() can be quite painful if you're
>wearing headphones!. MessageBeep would be controllable via the volume
>settings, but Beep is just a maximum volume blast!
>
>Does it really *matter* for there to be lots of options in CYGWIN? I can't
>see any disadvantage at all.
I don't like to introduce lots of unnecessary decision points into a
product. It increases support and it increases code complexity.
Once again, how does linux handle this scenario? You don't do a
"export LINUX=linbeep" to get linux to use the soundcard.
cgf