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: "Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>
To: "Xavier Maillard" <xma <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org,
        bug-submit-list <at> donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#1305: Please disable the audible bell by default, to avoid discouraging newbies in crowded offices and elsewhere
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:15:29 -0500

2008/11/9 Xavier Maillard <xma <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> What if the screen reader is not working correctly ? The visible
> bell could be used to check that something, at least, is working.

We could make a function like M-x ring-audible-bell (but you should
choose a better name than that) that would let blind / VI (visually
impaired) users know that Emacs is working.  Or we could design Emacs
so that when they launch Emacs using the command "emacspeak", then C-g
will always ring the audible bell.

This would be slightly more inconvenient for blind / VI users, but IMO
much better for fully sighted users.
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