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In article <DEVEN.89Apr5081411@daniel.pawl.rpi.edu> I wrote:

>  OldDisplayBeep=SetFunction(IntuitionBase,0x60L,MyFunction);

In article <3767@amiga.UUCP> jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) writes:
>I don't know if 0x60 is correct either, but I think you can use
>LVODisplayBeep.  Just declare it as, hmm, what would that be?
>Maybe int	LVODisplayBeep[];
>or int LVODisplayBeep; then use &LVODisplayBeep.

I wasn't sure either, and considered suggesting using LVODisplayBeep
to be sure, and for future compatibility -- just couldn't remember
offhand the proper semantics to do so.  Besides, then you gotta link
with amiga.lib, I think.  Icky.  :-)

>Anyway, just suppose it's 0x60 ...

I just looked it up; it is indeed 0x60.  (-0x0060, actually.)

>What I wanted to say was that the little function you replace DisplayBeep
>with had better be reentrant, because people call this sucker a whole lot.
>It would also be nice if it didn't run synchronously (which might lead you
>to THINK it's reentrant), so that people don't have to wait for you to
>be done beeping 100 times if they hold down a repeating key in a string
>gadget or something.

It should be reentrant and truncate the last beep if another one
starts, to prevent long-queued beep chains...

[I was going to mention that also, but I was being lazy...]

>I guess I just wanted to comment that beeping is harder than one (I) might
>think.

Indeed.

Deven
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