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

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:47:15 +0000

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> While I like to have alternatives, and the ideas are good, the color 
> (non-monochrome) flashes are both more noticeable than flashing top and 
> bottom lines of the frame with inverse-video, and are likely to clash 
> with different color themes out there.
>

Not if we use the standard faces, e.g. error and match.

>
> The popular distributions out there are made by developers using macOS. 
> You say the notification is different there (I haven't seen it). Perhaps 
> it's indeed too much.
>

I posted a screenshot upthread, here it is again.

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