diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ansi_code_processor.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ansi_code_processor.py
index eeee218..f027ccf 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ansi_code_processor.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ansi_code_processor.py
@@ -26,12 +26,19 @@ MoveAction = namedtuple('MoveAction', ['action', 'dir', 'unit', 'count'])
 # An action for scroll requests (SU and ST) and form feeds.
 ScrollAction = namedtuple('ScrollAction', ['action', 'dir', 'unit', 'count'])
 
+# An action for the carriage return character
+CarriageReturnAction = namedtuple('CarriageReturnAction', ['action'])
+
+# An action for the beep character
+BeepAction = namedtuple('BeepAction', ['action'])
+
 # Regular expressions.
 CSI_COMMANDS = 'ABCDEFGHJKSTfmnsu'
 CSI_SUBPATTERN = '\[(.*?)([%s])' % CSI_COMMANDS
 OSC_SUBPATTERN = '\](.*?)[\x07\x1b]'
-ANSI_PATTERN = re.compile('\x01?\x1b(%s|%s)\x02?' % \
-                              (CSI_SUBPATTERN, OSC_SUBPATTERN))
+ANSI_PATTERN = ('\x01?\x1b(%s|%s)\x02?' % \
+                (CSI_SUBPATTERN, OSC_SUBPATTERN))
+ANSI_OR_SPECIAL_PATTERN = re.compile('(\b|\r)|(?:%s)' % ANSI_PATTERN)
 SPECIAL_PATTERN = re.compile('([\f])')
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ class AnsiCodeProcessor(object):
         self.actions = []
         start = 0
 
-        for match in ANSI_PATTERN.finditer(string):
+        for match in ANSI_OR_SPECIAL_PATTERN.finditer(string):
             raw = string[start:match.start()]
             substring = SPECIAL_PATTERN.sub(self._replace_special, raw)
             if substring or self.actions:
@@ -85,20 +92,27 @@ class AnsiCodeProcessor(object):
 
             self.actions = []
             groups = filter(lambda x: x is not None, match.groups())
-            params = [ param for param in groups[1].split(';') if param ]
-            if groups[0].startswith('['):
-                # Case 1: CSI code.
-                try:
-                    params = map(int, params)
-                except ValueError:
-                    # Silently discard badly formed codes.
-                    pass
-                else:
-                    self.set_csi_code(groups[2], params)
-
-            elif groups[0].startswith(']'):
-                # Case 2: OSC code.
-                self.set_osc_code(params)
+            if groups[0] == '\r':
+                self.actions.append(CarriageReturnAction('carriage-return'))
+                yield ''
+            elif groups[0] == '\b':
+                self.actions.append(BeepAction('beep'))
+                yield ''
+            else:
+                params = [ param for param in groups[1].split(';') if param ]
+                if groups[0].startswith('['):
+                    # Case 1: CSI code.
+                    try:
+                        params = map(int, params)
+                    except ValueError:
+                        # Silently discard badly formed codes.
+                        pass
+                    else:
+                        self.set_csi_code(groups[2], params)
+
+                elif groups[0].startswith(']'):
+                    # Case 2: OSC code.
+                    self.set_osc_code(params)
 
         raw = string[start:]
         substring = SPECIAL_PATTERN.sub(self._replace_special, raw)
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
index 5ccbe9e..2f776e9 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/console_widget.py
@@ -1513,6 +1513,13 @@ class ConsoleWidget(LoggingConfigurable, QtGui.QWidget):
                         cursor.joinPreviousEditBlock()
                         cursor.deletePreviousChar()
 
+                    elif act.action == 'carriage-return':
+                        cursor.movePosition(
+                            cursor.StartOfLine, cursor.KeepAnchor)
+
+                    elif act.action == 'beep':
+                        QtGui.qApp.beep()
+
                 format = self._ansi_processor.get_format()
                 cursor.insertText(substring, format)
         else:
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/tests/test_ansi_code_processor.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/tests/test_ansi_code_processor.py
index f71334a..0f602b1 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/tests/test_ansi_code_processor.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/tests/test_ansi_code_processor.py
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ class TestAnsiCodeProcessor(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.fail('Too many substrings.')
         self.assertEquals(i, 1, 'Too few substrings.')
 
-    def test_specials(self):
-        """ Are special characters processed correctly?
+    def test_formfeed(self):
+        """ Are formfeed characters processed correctly?
         """
         string = '\f' # form feed
         self.assertEquals(list(self.processor.split_string(string)), [''])
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ class TestAnsiCodeProcessor(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEquals(action.unit, 'page')
         self.assertEquals(action.count, 1)
 
+    def test_carriage_return(self):
+        """ Are carriage return characters processed correctly?
+        """
+        string = 'foo\rbar' # form feed
+        self.assertEquals(list(self.processor.split_string(string)), ['foo', '', 'bar'])
+        self.assertEquals(len(self.processor.actions), 1)
+        action = self.processor.actions[0]
+        self.assertEquals(action.action, 'carriage-return')
+        self.assertEquals(action.count, 1)
+
+    def test_beep(self):
+        """ Are beep characters processed correctly?
+        """
+        string = 'foo\bbar' # form feed
+        self.assertEquals(list(self.processor.split_string(string)), ['foo', '', 'bar'])
+        self.assertEquals(len(self.processor.actions), 1)
+        action = self.processor.actions[0]
+        self.assertEquals(action.action, 'beep')
+        self.assertEquals(action.count, 1)
+
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()