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

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Message #691 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>,
 jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>,
 Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2021 11:18:09 -0400

> But I do have similar reservations about flashing red so prominently (given
>  that the pressing C-g does not usually indicate an error of any sort).

Why not flashing the mode line with something like:

    (let ((val (face-attribute 'mode-line :inverse-video (selected-frame) t)))
      (set-face-attribute 'mode-line (selected-frame) :inverse-video (not val))
      (sit-for 0.1)
      (set-face-attribute 'mode-line (selected-frame) :inverse-video val))


-- Stefan

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