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 #48 received at 1305 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: peter.rayner <at> lsce.ipsl.fr
Cc: 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1305: OT: Should the Emacs team leave beep-on-error enabled for the sake of people with vision loss?
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:28:12 -0500

> Provided it can be turned off I would leave it on by default.  If my
> emacspeak doesn't come up talking it's nice to get *some* feedback
> that something is alive.

The emacspeak config should simply include a (setq visible-bell nil) at
the very beginning.


        Stefan
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