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All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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Message #469 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
Cc: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>, jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com,
 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>,
 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:38:03 +0200

Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org> writes:

> Me neither.  I was giving a feedback from the point of view of a user
> who disables all beeps, visual or not, and who knows he's not alone:
> Spacemacs, Doom Emacs and Prelude (and probably others, I did not
> check) all set ring-bell-function to nil.

That's an interesting data point.  (But I assume you mean #'ignore?)

So perhaps we should instead discuss whether we should change the
default of `ring-bell-function', and leave `visible-bell' as is?

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