I asked:
> How can I make an R process running in ESS ring the (audible) bell?
I don't fully understand it, but this seems to work under Solaris/X:
> system("xkbbell",,T)
xkbbell is a utility I found in /usr/openwin/bin. It produces an error message
(which I suppress) but does the job anyway.
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-- David Brahm (brahm at alum.mit.edu)