Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Gijs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:56:20 +0100 >> >> But (for example) >> Welcome to the Emacs shell >> ~ $ play file.wav >> >> works >> >> Why!? Does Emacs handle sound by its own, bypassing the OS?
>I don't know what you meant by ``bypassing the OS''. Emacs uses the >OS interface to the sound device (ioctl, write, etc. system calls), >but if you were asking whether it calls the `play' utility internally, >then no, it doesn't. However, the system calls Emacs issues to play >the sound are supposed to be the equivalent of what `play' does. Thanks Eli, Rephrasing the question, any idea of why this (Debian) emacs won't play this sound file? Regards Gijs -- Why don't you ever enter any CONTESTS, Marvin?? Don't you know your own ZIPCODE? _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
