Re: Beeps in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg120167] Re: Beeps in Mathematica
- From: Joseph Gwinn <joegwinn at comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 06:56:48 -0400 (EDT)
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In article <ivbpqu$o3n$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
Alexey Popkov <lehin.p at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9 Jul, 16:43, Joseph Gwinn <joegwinn at comcast.net> wrote:
> > In article <iv6j4m$svp$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
> > Alexey Popkov <lehin.p at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I just have figured out the reason why Beep[]
> > > command did not produce any sound on my Windows 2000 installation of
> > > Mathematica 7. It is because the system registry parameter "Beep" was
> > > set to "No" in the following registry key:
> >
> > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Sound]
> >
> > > Setting it to "Yes" makes Beep[] command working (after restarting
> > > Windows). I still consider this as a fault because I expect
> > > Mathematica do not depend on OS-specific undocumented settings.
> >
> > Given that an operating system (like Windows, MacOS, or Linux) trumps
> > any application running under it, how is an application like Mathematica
> > supposed to achieve this independence?
> >
> > Joe Gwinn
> >
> > PS: For the record, I run Mathematica under MacOS at home and Windows XP at
> > work.
>
> Mathematica already has such independence at least for the old built-
> in warning beep. I was forced to set
>
> SetOptions[$FrontEndSession, MessageOptions -> {"WarningAction" ->
> None}];
>
> for preventing beeps when trying to edit cells with the Editable ->
> False option. At the same time the Beep[] command did not work.
Ahh. So the problem is not lack of OS independence per se, it's that
setting WarningAction to None achieved too much, apparently assuming
that all calls to Beep[] are warnings.
One can certainly argue that it ought to work that way, given that there
are alternatives that will still work. Not that the documentation is
overly clear.
Joe Gwinn