** Summary **

    :   '''bell''' ?'''-displayof''' ''window''? ?'''-nice'''?

** Documentation **

[http://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl/TkCmd/bell.htm%|%man page]

** Description **

This command rings the bell on the display for ''window'' and returns an empty
string. If the '''-displayof''' option is omitted, the display of the
application's main window is used by default. The command uses the current
bell-related settings for the display, which may be modified with programs such
as xset. 

This command also resets the screen saver for the screen (unless '''-nice''' is
specified).  Some screen savers will ignore this, but others will reset so that
the screen becomes visible again.  

[KBK] 2003-05-29: Just remember that [[bell]] is a Tk command, not a Tcl
command, and there's no problem on Windows. (At least it works for me.)

[DKF] 2003-05-30:  However, exactly how the "bell" sounds varies between
platforms.  It's not always a simple beep, and shouldn't be rung frequently.
But then it shouldn't be rung frequently anyway...

Does bell require the Windows or MacOS user to have a Tk console open?

[Lars H] 2003-06-01:  At least in my set-up (8.4.2 under MacOS 9.1), the answer
is "no".

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