Subject: Re: bug#52484: Don't beep/flash as part of a response to a question

From: Richard Stallman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 23:23:58 -0500

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  > OK, but why the beep/flash "spanking"?

It isn't meant as a rebuke.  It just means that the command could not
proceed.

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