title: Why isn't print(\a) working in IDLE
body: <p><strong>NOTE</strong> I changed the q slightly so that it is not a duplicate anymore. Sorry.</p>
  
  <p>I have these time-consuming bioinformatics scripts I am running. I'd like them to sound a beep when they are done.</p>
  
  <p>I am on OS X.</p>
  
  <p>In a <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6537481/python-making-a-beep-noise">similar thread</a> I found that <code>print '\a'</code> might work, but in Idle this just prints <code>[]</code></p>
  
  <p>Why does this not work in IDLE</p>