From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: beep makes no sound on xfce
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2015 18:03:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877fnv39rv.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20150912081851.5514fc7e@gauss
Joe Riel <joer@san.rr.com> writes:
> Any idea what mechanism emacs uses to generate a beep on linux? I'm
> thinking the problem lies there, rather than in emacs.
I think `XTring_bell' in xterm.c is the function implementing this:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
static void
XTring_bell (struct frame *f)
{
if (FRAME_X_DISPLAY (f))
{
if (visible_bell)
XTflash (f);
else
{
block_input ();
#ifdef HAVE_XKB
XkbBell (FRAME_X_DISPLAY (f), None, 0, None);
#else
XBell (FRAME_X_DISPLAY (f), 0);
#endif
XFlush (FRAME_X_DISPLAY (f));
unblock_input ();
}
}
}
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
I don't have any background knowledge, AFAICT this calls the system bell
via X. AFAIK the X bell used to activate some little beeper device that
modern hardware often doesn't have. It never worked for me, for
example, so I use the visible bell.
There is a news entry about the above function btw:
2013-03-25 Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
* xterm.c: Include X11/XKBlib.h
(XTring_bell): Use XkbBell if HAVE_XKB (Bug#14041).
Others hopefully can help further.
Regards,
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-09-12 16:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-09-10 4:25 beep makes no sound on xfce Joe Riel
2015-09-12 9:21 ` Michael Heerdegen
2015-09-12 15:18 ` Joe Riel
2015-09-12 16:03 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2015-09-12 23:36 ` Joe Riel
[not found] ` <mailman.1000.1442071138.19560.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-09-12 16:48 ` Marco Wahl
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