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: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:39:54 +0300

> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 12:31:27 +0000
> From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
> Cc: jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> 
> IMO, the default behavior on GNU/Linux (inverting video on the first and 
> last line of the frame) is horrible (but perhaps less so than an actual 
> bell), and the default behavior on macOS is too intrusive (but again 
> perhaps less so than an actual bell).

On MS-Windows, we use a system API that flashes the caption bar of the
selected-frame's window.
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