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Diffstat (limited to 'misc/beep/slack-desc')
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/misc/beep/slack-desc b/misc/beep/slack-desc index 27266c8028..f019cc1f49 100644 --- a/misc/beep/slack-desc +++ b/misc/beep/slack-desc @@ -1,11 +1,19 @@ -beep: beep does exactly what you would expect: it beeps. +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line +# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' +# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must +# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':'. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +beep: beep (does exactly what you would expect: it beeps) beep: beep: Unlike printf("\a"), beep allows you to control pitch, duration, and -beep: repetitions. Its job is to live inside shell/perl scripts and allow more -beep: granularity than one would otherwise have. It is controlled completely -beep: through command line options. It's not supposed to be complex, and it -beep: isn't - but it makes system monitoring (or whatever else it gets hacked -beep: onto) that much more informative. +beep: repetitions. Its job is to live inside shell/perl scripts and allow +beep: more granularity than one would otherwise have. It is controlled +beep: completely through command line options. It's not supposed to be +beep: complex, and it isn't - but it makes system monitoring (or whatever +beep: else it gets hacked onto) that much more informative. beep: beep: You may need to set beep executable suid. beep: |