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: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: "Stefan Monnier" <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
        "Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bellinstead
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:58:34 +0100

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 4:22 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> 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.

I think the best would be if visually impaired people explained the
issue themselves. It might be different for different persons and
environments.
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