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

From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.org>, 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,
 Stefan Monnier <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: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 19:50:20 +0300

On 28.04.2021 16:12, Gregory Heytings wrote:
> 
> and a new prettier bell function, which would be the default

Another option would be to use your newer bell on MacOS (which has 
universally negative feedback), but keep the current one on GNU/Linux 
and Windows (maybe? very little has been said here about whether it's 
better or worse).

Which platform are you on, BTW?
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