# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 1041563457 0
# Node ID 34b8cd8e6ef5505557aa6f835db40e745a45aea9
# Parent  1264aac9e73a03cd96a50debd4ad8b498eef392d
[project @ 2003-01-03 03:10:57 by jwe]

diff --git a/scripts/io/beep.m b/scripts/io/beep.m
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+## Copyright (C) 2003 John W. Eaton
+##
+## This file is part of Octave.
+##
+## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+## any later version.
+##
+## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+## General Public License for more details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+## along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+## Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+## 02111-1307, USA.
+
+## -*- texinfo -*-
+## @deftypefn {Function File} {} puts (@var{string})
+## Write a string to the standard output with no formatting.
+## @end deftypefn
+## @seealso{fputs, printf and fprintf}
+
+## Author: jwe
+
+function beep ()
+
+  puts ("\a");
+
+endfunction