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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>, jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:30:49 +0000

>
> 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).
>

Hmmm... No, setting ring-bell-function to ignore means that ignore is 
executed to ring the bell instead of the default behavior.  With 
ring-bell-function non-nil, visible-bell is ignored.

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