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

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Message #616 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mwd <at> md5i.com, stefan <at> marxist.se,
 jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, gregory <at> heytings.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:12:16 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: stefan <at> marxist.se,  mwd <at> md5i.com,  gregory <at> heytings.org,
>   1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:56:38 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > If you put a breakpoint inside tty_ring_bell, do you see that
> > tty->TS_visible_bell is non-NULL or not?  If it's non-NULL, perhaps
> > the terminal emulator has that disabled somehow?
> 
> Let's see...
> 
> gdb) print tty->TS_visible_bell 
> $1 = 0x555555da95c3 "\033[?5h$<100/>\033[?5l"

Then this should produce the same effect as "tput flash", I think.

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