From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2006-02-03T02:33:17+09:00
Subject: Re: How to make beep sounds?


Tanner Burson wrote:
> On 2/2/06, Nuralanur@aol.com <Nuralanur@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > is there an easy way to output a beep sound (maybe with  length/frequency
> > parameters?) in Ruby?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Axel
> >
> >
> puts 7.chr
>
> It's just a normal annoying system beep.  I'm sure there are other ways, but
> for just a simple "get your attention" beep, it works fine.

puts "\aThe pot is boiling over!"