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<?xml version="1.0"?>
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % British-English "INCLUDE"> <!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<article lang="&language;">
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<articleinfo>
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<authorgroup>
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<author><firstname>Pat</firstname> <surname>Dowler</surname> </author>
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<author><firstname>Matthias</firstname> <surname>Hoelzer</surname> </author>
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<author><firstname>Mike</firstname> <surname>McBride</surname> </author>
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<othercredit role="translator"><firstname>Malcolm</firstname><surname>Hunter</surname><affiliation><address><email>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email></address></affiliation><contrib>Conversion to British English</contrib></othercredit>
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</authorgroup>
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<date>2003-10-16</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.2</releaseinfo>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>KControl</keyword>
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<keyword>Bell</keyword>
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<keyword>Settings</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</articleinfo>
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<sect1 id="bell">
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<title>System bell</title>
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<para>The system bell or beep is a feature of the X server, which attempts to make good use of the available hardware. </para>
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<para>&kde; normally doesn't use the system bell; instead using its own system notifications, which could include log entries, message popups, or its own beep. You can configure these in the <guilabel>System Notifications</guilabel> &kcontrol; module.</para>
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<note><para>It isn't always possible for the X server to actually make a beep sound with exactly the parameters selected due to hardware limitations. For example, on most PCs, volume control is not very good so the X server seems to fake low volume with a reduced duration of the sound. Thus, if the settings don't seem to do anything, this is because the X server and/or the hardware don't support anything better.</para></note>
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<para>Users are able to set the following parameters for the bell:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem> <para>volume (percentage of <quote>maximum</quote> volume)</para> </listitem>
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<listitem> <para>pitch (in Hz)</para> </listitem>
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<listitem> <para>duration (in milliseconds)</para> </listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>You can use the <guibutton>test</guibutton> button to hear how the current settings will sound.</para>
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<sect2 id="bell-author"><title>Section Authors</title>
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<para>Pat Dowler, Matthias Hoelzer <email>mhk@kde.org</email></para>
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<para>Converted to KDE 2.0 by Mike McBride <email>mpmcbride7@yahoo.com</email></para>
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<para>Conversion to British English: Malcolm Hunter <email>malcolm.hunter@gmx.co.uk</email></para>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</article>
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