<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Visible bell mini-Howto: The Dark Side of the Problem</TITLE> <LINK HREF="Visual-Bell-8.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Visual-Bell.html#toc9" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> Next <A HREF="Visual-Bell-8.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Visual-Bell.html#toc9">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s9">9. The Dark Side of the Problem</A></H2> <P>The bad news is that not every application uses <CODE>termcap</CODE> or <CODE>terminfo</CODE>. Most small programs feature 'backslash-a' (alarm) characters in the C source code. The "alarm" code becomes a literal ASCII BEL in the strings as stored in the executable binary. Real application don't usually fall in this category, but be careful of C newcomers who give you their own programs. Students of computer science are the worst of all, granted. <P>The only way to make these programs silent applications is spekearectomy, or using the escape sequences by Martin Mares. <P> <HR> Next <A HREF="Visual-Bell-8.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Visual-Bell.html#toc9">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>