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All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: alan <at> idiocy.org, 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mwd <at> md5i.com, stefan <at> marxist.se, jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com, gregory <at> heytings.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 08:05:19 +0300

> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:17:58 +0300
> 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>,
>  Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> 
> > I can't really say whether it's better or worse, with visible-bell t on 
> > Windows the frame briefly flashes (with the FlashWindow function), a bit 
> > like a flash in a terminal.  Among the three visible-bell t behaviors, 
> > it's the best one IMO, in the sense that it's visible and not intrusive.
> 
> Is it possible to replicate on other systems?

Just so we are on the same page: FlashWindow on MS-Windows doesn't
necessarily flash the frame.  Or maybe I don't understand what Gregory
meant by that.

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