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All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>, jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 14:53:42 +0000

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>>>>> I have used this for a couple of days and find it strictly better 
>>>>> than both the default behavior on GNU/Linux with inverse video and 
>>>>> flashing the minibuffer background.
>>>>
>>>> Did you try the patch I sent?
>>>
>>> Yes, of course.  I provided detailed comments in a previous post.
>>
>> You mean, the post to which I replied?  Okay, it wasn't clear to me 
>> that you were also commenting on that patch.
>
> See my comments here:
>
>    https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1305#574
>
> But that was on an earlier version of your patch.  Perhaps there are any 
> significant differences in your most recent version?
>

That was not a patch, that was only a proof of concept.  I attach the 
current version of the actual proposed patch.

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