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All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.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, Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:51:45 +0200

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru> writes:

> If it was possible to port the (intended) behavior of the GNU/Linux
> version to the other ports, that could be ideal (we don't hear many
> complaints about it).
>
> 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.

It's...  a lot, and we should fix it whatever else we decide to do.  I
don't remember anybody complaining about it, though -- users should
complain more.  :-)

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