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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Jason Spiro" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:00:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 53196

Found in version 28.0.90

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Message #643 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.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: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 21:27:43 +0300
On 20.04.2021 17:21, Gregory Heytings wrote:
> 
> I attach a patch which implements a new default bell.
> 
> It can't be pushed yet (my paperwork is still not finished :(), but 
> comments are welcome.

In general, I like it (though the concerns about colors are still there; 
perhaps just use inverse-video in GUI as well?).

And it turns the cursor red irreversibly in my config (but not in 'emacs 
-Q').

Is nobody bothered by having this kind of visual indication while 
'visible-bell' is nil, though?




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