[Tutor] Another Quick Question

[Norman Silverstone]

> I’m one of the people new to Python who has started going through a
> beginner’s book to learn the basics of the language (“Python
> Programming for the Absolute Beginner”).  In the second chapter the
> author (Michael Dawson) illustrates the use of escape sequences with,
> among other things, the “\a” to sound the system bell.  However, when
> I run the little program myself, the program runs but I get no sound –
> all is get is the word BEL in while letters on a blue background.
> I’ve turned the volume up all the way and still no sound.  I know the
> speakers on my laptop work because I just finished my daily session
> trying to learn a little Spanish which involves sound.
> 
>  
> 
> I went to the language reference which also seems to indicate I should
> get a sound with exactly what the author is saying.  The exact line
> is:
> 
>  
> 
> print “\a”

I think that the bell referred to is the sound played by the speaker
inside the case and has nothing to do with sound cards, speakers etc.

Norman