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All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead

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Message #865 received at 1305 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
 Gregory Heytings <gregory <at> heytings.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>,
 "jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com" <jasonspiro4 <at> gmail.com>,
 Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Re: bug#1305: [External] : bug#1305: All code that currently beeps
 should use visual bell instead
Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 05:44:32 -0500

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

> [ When I saw that complaint, it rang quite right to me; I thought "yeah,
>   of course the error message should be visible during the flash, just
>   as is the case with the GNU/Linux visual-bell I use and love", and
>   then I hit `C-g` and saw that the message only appears after the
>   flashing ;-)  ]

Good catch!  Sorry for introducing the confusion.  But at least we
identified something we could improve, I guess...

(FWIW, I think I pressed `C-g C-g', in which case you can actually read
"Quit" while it is flashing.  ;-))

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