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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Message #285 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Lennart Borgman" <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: "Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "Xavier Maillard" <xma <at> gnu.org>, bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org,
        bug-submit-list <at> donarmstrong.com
Subject: Re: bug#1305: Please disable the audible bell by default, to avoid discouraging newbies in crowded offices and elsewhere
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:05:21 +0100

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> This would be slightly more inconvenient for blind / VI users, but IMO
> much better for fully sighted users.

If we think so then maybe we should consider that the impaired users
already have a bigger burden.
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