GNU bug report logs - #52484
Don't beep/flash as part of a response to a question

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Message #14 received at 52484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 52484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#52484: Don't beep/flash as part of a response to a question
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2021 13:58:25 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> When prompted:
>   A compilation process is running; kill it? (yes or no)
> if we say "no",
> our screen flashes, like we were a bad boy,
> and we see
> "Cannot have two processes in ‘*compilation*’ at once"
> OK, but why the beep/flash "spanking"?

When you type "no" it proceeds, and then errors out.  The error will
beep at you, so everything here seems to be working as designed, and I'm
closing this bug report.

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