GNU bug report logs - #1305
All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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Message #125 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual	bellinstead
Date: Sun, 09 Nov 2008 21:04:16 +0200

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 19:57:59 -0800
> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
> 
> This possibility of turning off or down the bell at the computer level should
> not be removed.

I think you are barking the wrong tree: no one suggested to remove the
possibility to shut up the bell.

> If you think there are currently too many places where Emacs beeps, try instead
> to remove some of those beeps on a case-by-case basis.

That is what I suggested in the first place, and I still think it's
the best alternative.

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