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RE: beep perl script
- From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder at niaid dot nih dot gov>
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Cc: Gigabit Pony <nmirainbowdash at gmail dot com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 17:06:55 +0000
- Subject: RE: beep perl script
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- References: <CAGUtLNasY6gDC5uQspy+ANBP+0QPs1_bdKiHSKTwS+WkdYYUxw at mail dot gmail dot com>
Gigabit Pony sent the following at Sunday, December 22, 2013 2:09 AM
>Well I know the beep script is not yours but.. I am trying to
>configure it so I hear a sound inside of Windows 7. I have
>cygwin with weechat curses running in it. The set command
>/set plugins.var.perl.beep_beep_command_highlight "cat
>/cygdrive/d/Cygwin/beep.wav > /dev/dsp"
>
>But it does not work at all. Any ideas why? Really would like to switch
>to weechat for my main IRC program but without the audible ques it is a
>no go. Many people have tried to help and told me that command but it
>still is not working.
>
>I have searched around and have not found the answer elsewhere and
>people are stumped on why. if I could just switch to lnx I would but
>alas I cant so porting like this is my only option.
There was a problem with /dev/dsp in a recent release (1.7.26) of
cygwin1.dll. That was fixed in version 1.7.27.
<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2013-12/msg00009.html>. Make
sure that your installation is up to date.
- Barry
Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.
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