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

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>, "1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Michael Welsh Duggan <mwd <at> md5i.com>, Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, "jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Subject: bug#1305: [External] : bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:15:11 +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,

+1.

> and at the same time to deprecate the visible-bell variable.

Is that needed?

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