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Don't beep/flash as part of a response to a question

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 52484 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52484: Don't beep/flash as part of a response to a question
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:58:15 +0800

>>>>> "LI" == Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
LI> 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"?

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

"You can't have two cars on the same one lane road.
Proceed? (yes, no)."
No.
(And then you redirect him over the cliff instead of just pressing the
brake.) OK, never mind.

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