beep(3x) [redhat man page]

curs_beep(3X)															     curs_beep(3X)

NAME

       beep, flash - curses bell and screen flash routines

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curses.h>

       int beep(void);
       int flash(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  beep  and  flash routines are used to alert the terminal user.  The routine beep sounds an audible alarm on the terminal, if possible;
       otherwise it flashes the screen (visible bell).	The routine flash flashes the screen, and if that is not possible, sounds the  alert.	If
       neither alert is possible, nothing happens.  Nearly all terminals have an audible alert (bell or beep), but only some can flash the screen.

RETURN VALUE

       These routines return OK if they succeed in beeping or flashing, ERR otherwise.

EXTENSIONS

       SVr4's beep and flash routines always returned OK, so it was not possible to tell when the beep or flash failed.

PORTABILITY

       These functions are defined in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4.  Like SVr4, it specifies that they always return OK.

SEE ALSO

       curses(3X)

																     curs_beep(3X)

curs_beep(3CURSES)					     Curses Library Functions						curs_beep(3CURSES)

NAME

       curs_beep, beep, flash - curses bell and screen flash routines

SYNOPSIS

       cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lcurses [ library ... ]
       #include <curses.h>

       int beep(void);

       int flash(void);

DESCRIPTION

       The  beep() and flash() routines are used to signal the terminal user. The routine beep() sounds the audible alarm on the terminal, if pos-
       sible; if that is not possible, it flashes the screen (visible bell), if that is possible. The routine flash() flashes the screen,  and	if
       that  is not possible, sounds the audible signal. If neither signal is possible, nothing happens. Nearly all terminals have an audible sig-
       nal (bell or beep), but only some can flash the screen.

RETURN VALUES

       These routines always return OK.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |Unsafe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       curses(3CURSES), attributes(5)

NOTES

       The header <curses.h> automatically includes the headers  <stdio.h> and <unctrl.h>.

SunOS 5.11							    31 Dec 1996 						curs_beep(3CURSES)