X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Fcurs_beep.3x.html;h=d9719d84b73ef90d810c5c9fcb6f0a623397b542;hp=7abb652400a24e2f95ec21e85d8eff43b6cd7ab4;hb=HEAD;hpb=c6cfd97b8beaf0f6deafbf8aac7281cf6aa7f012 diff --git a/doc/html/man/curs_beep.3x.html b/doc/html/man/curs_beep.3x.html index 7abb6524..e3d6c817 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/curs_beep.3x.html +++ b/doc/html/man/curs_beep.3x.html @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ -
- --curs_beep(3x) curs_beep(3x) +curs_beep(3x) Library calls curs_beep(3x) --
- beep, flash - curses bell and screen flash routines +
+ beep, flash - ring the (visual) bell of the terminal with curses --
+
#include <curses.h> int beep(void); int flash(void); --
- 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. +
+ 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. --
- These routines return OK if they succeed in beeping or - flashing, ERR otherwise. +
+ These routines return OK if they succeed in beeping or flashing, ERR + otherwise. --
- SVr4's beep and flash routines always returned OK, so it - was not possible to tell when the beep or flash failed. +
+ SVr4's beep and flash routines always returned OK, so it was not + possible to tell when the beep or flash failed. --
- These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, - Issue 4. Like SVr4, it specifies that they always return - OK. +
+ These functions are described in X/Open Curses, Issue 4. Like SVr4, it + specifies that they always return OK. --
+
curses(3x) - curs_beep(3x) +ncurses 6.5 2024-04-20 curs_beep(3x)