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

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Message #748 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
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, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: Re: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell
 instead
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:54:59 +0000

>> My point was that we can clean up without any new variable ;-)
>
> I'm not sure I follow you at all here.  :-/
>

Stefan M means (IIUC) that, instead of introducing a new variable to clean 
up the current situation, it is better to reuse the already existing 
ring-bell-function variable, to give it some new possible values, and at 
the same time to deprecate the visible-bell variable.

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