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Re: Produce beeps using soundcard
On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 10:32:47PM -0000, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> I don't like to introduce lots of unnecessary decision points into a
>> product. It increases support and it increases code complexity.
>
>Complexity? Slightly, but only at CYGWIN-parsing time, and Beeping time.
>That's not that much, surely?
This is a cumulative thing. Every "it's only a couple of lines" adds
up. It's a couple lines of code, a couple of extra lines in
documentation, a couple of extra email messages with people struggling
to use it.
I don't mind adding the lines when we are moving closer to UNIX
compatibility but I will always push back on adding arbitrary options to
the CYGWIN environment variable. I'm in good company. My predecessor
did the same thing.
>>Once again, how does linux handle this scenario? You don't do a
>>"export LINUX=linbeep" to get linux to use the soundcard.
>
>If Vaclav is correct - that it required a kernel module - I think this
>question is answered.
Ok. How about if I say "I don't think it requires a kernel module".
Does that put things back on course?
cgf