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All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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Message #622 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 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,
 jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:26:53 -0500

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>> 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).
>>
>> But those people won't be affected by a change in the default.
>
> Dmitry's useful overview of the various distributions (thanks) had this,
> for instance:
>
> ---
> Prelude and Spacemacs:
>
>   (setq ring-bell-function 'ignore)
> ---
>
> If I understand correctly, this doesn't set `visible-bell', but only
> uses the default value (which is nil).  So changing the default will
> indeed affect these users (until the distributions update themselves to
> set visible-bell to nil).

Is this the scenario you have in mind?

    (setq visible-bell t)
    (setq ring-bell-function #'ignore)
    (defun foo () (interactive) (ding))

    M-x foo RET

This gives no visible bell here.

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