From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 13 18:03:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08341065670 for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:03:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BE878FC0C for ; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:03:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A0174E80681; Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:03:47 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:03:47 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20110813180347.GA24636@thought.org> References: <20110812192745.GA15543@thought.org> <20110812213921.6cfdfa89.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110812230224.GA9253@thought.org> <20110813033418.1881a710.freebsd@edvax.de> <20110813161416.GA23265@thought.org> <20110813184154.2bdfa2f4.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110813184154.2bdfa2f4.freebsd@edvax.de> Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Of_Interest: With 25 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: library with click built-in? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:03:48 -0000 On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 06:41:54PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 18:41:54 +0200 > From: Polytropon > Subject: Re: library with click built-in? > To: Gary Kline > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.6 (GTK+ 1.2.10; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.2) > > On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:14:16 -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > yep; that's hy i wat to know how to use the gtk stuff! > > If I remember correctly, this is the "esound" component > used by Gtk. I don't know if it has its own sound sub- > system, and in how far it's even possible to generate > tones from a description of frequency + duration. > > It requires a sound card that FreeBSD's drivers can > properly access. > > My first own sound card, the Logitech SnoundMan 16, > had an interesting feature: The PC speaker sound was > put as an input channel for the sound card mixer. I > have no idea how this worked, as the sound card was > a typical 16 bit ISA expansion card, and there was > no wired connection from the PC speaker to the sound > card. However, when the speaker was removend and > addressed - e. g. by ^G = BEL or a sound output command > such as sound(1000); delay(500); nosound(); - the sound > could be heared through the speakers (or amplifier) > attached to the sound card. > > Maybe something similar is still possible today? In > this case, addressing the PC speaker, even if it's > just a little piezo speaker (or not present) would > cause an input to the sound card? This would combine > the easy method of generating simple sounds with the > ability to use whatever one wants to connect to the > sound card (builtin speakers, headphones, speakers > or amplifier). > did i mention that there is a linux python script (by Scott Kirkwood) that uses the gtk stufff to "click" whenever you click a mouse? left or right. so i figure there is a C interface. [[i have taught myself python; need to go re-look at Scott's code. gary > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org