Subject: Re: bug#1305: Please disable the audible bell by default, to avoid discouraging newbies in crowded offices and elsewhere

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:52:03 +0200

> From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked],  Jason Spiro <[email-masked]>,  [email-masked]
> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:54:02 -0500
> 
> > The problem is, without the beep, the screen sometimes does not change
> > at all.  And that is BAD, from the HE point of view, at least IMO.
> 
> That sounds like a bug to me.  In which circumstances does the
> visible-bell fail to work?

I didn't mean visible-bell fails to work, I meant if we abolish any
visual or audible signs.  The OP asked as his 1st choice to disable
the beep, not replace it with visible-bell.