GNU bug report logs - #22746
25.0.90; OS X: Visual bell hard to see

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Message #23 received at 22746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: John Wiegley <jwiegley <at> gmail.com>, Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Cc: Xu Xin <railwaycat <at> gmail.com>, adrian.b.robert <at> gmail.com,
 Anders Lindgren <andlind <at> gmail.com>, 22746 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#22746: 25.0.90; OS X: Visual bell hard to see
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:17:15 -0700 (PDT)

> > What would be the ideal visible bell? The top and bottom lines flashing or
> > flashing the entire window, or do people like the warning icon?
> 
> Personally I'd prefer top and bottom lines. Every better: give me a
> defcustom to decide between icon, top/bottom, whole screen, or some
> alerting function (which in future would allow for connecting with alert.el).

+1.  And not just for OS X.

It could also incorporate what echo-bell.el does, or similar,
as one of the option values.

http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/echo-bell.el

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