GNU bug report logs - #16196
24.3.50; Disable ding when scrolling

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 06:10:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Found in version 24.3.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: "16196 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <16196 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#16196: 24.3.50; Disable ding when scrolling
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 10:40:10 +0100

Hello.

4 jan 2014 kl. 06:07 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:

> 
>> I rather have a silent lack of feedback than a lot of beeping. 
> 
> If you use the audible bell, the beeping might indeed be a pain in the
> ear (tho I can't really judge: I find the audible bell itself to be
> unbearable so I've used the visual bell for as long as I can remember).

Visual bell is actually worse.  A beep is fast, a visual blink lasts longer, so the time blinking is longer than the time beeping.

> So the question is: which kind of feedback should we use instead?
> I'd rather keep some kind of feedback.  Maybe a `message'?

That sounds like a good idea.

	Jan D.
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