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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:00:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 53196

Found in version 28.0.90

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
        jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bellinstead
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:22:47 -0500

> But there has been some messages telling that having it on by default
> is good for visually impaired people.

I don't buy it.  Visually impaired people have to deal with "turn visual
effects into auditive ones" anyway, so setting visible-bell is the least
of their problems.


        Stefan
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