GNU bug report logs - #1305
All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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Message #535 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>,
 Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:38:52 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> FWIW, I don't see what's "intrusive" about the "blink top and bottom lines of
> the selected frame" which I currently see in GNU/Linux.

In this Emacs, it blinks the two topmost lines.  Which may be a bug?

> It may not be slick but it does the job and I don't find it intrusive.
> Of course, I'm biased (I've used it for too many years), but it's
> clearly less intrusive than the non-visual bell.

It's more intrusive than what many people are using -- which is neither
an audible nor a visible bell, but just the echo area saying "Quit" when
you hit `C-g' (etc).

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