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All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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Message #514 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,
 jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:23:02 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Or do we need a complete rethinking of this?  Perhaps there is some
> other software that we can steal some good ideas from?  (And if we can
> come up with something very good, perhaps we will want to do the same on
> GNU/Linux.)

That's a good idea.  What does (for instance) Libreoffice or Excel do to
signal a user error or "end of search" and stuff like that?

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