Version 8 of beep

Updated 2002-04-10 16:14:40

You may have come here looking for Tk's bell command, which sounds an audible alert. Or you may have come here looking for info on BLT's beep command.


This page is rather about BEEP, the Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol [L1 ]. (In the beginning it was called BXXP).

[RFC 3080 says "a generic application protocol kernel for connection-oriented, asynchronous interactions called the BEEP (Blocks Extensible Exchange Protocol) core. BEEP permits simultaneous and independent exchanges within the context of a single application user-identity, supporting both textual and binary messages."]

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  • a standard application layer that supports dynamic, pluggable application "profiles" (protocols)
  • peer-to-peer, client-server, or server-to-server capabilities
  • multiple channels over a single authenticated session
  • support for arbitrary MIME payloads, including XML"]

In March 2002, Marshall T. Rose published BEEP: The Definitive Guide [L2 ].