Subject: Re: bug#77715: [PATCH] Add ring-bell functions for mode line and header line.

From: Ship Mints <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:52:44 -0400

On Wed, Apr 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > From: Ship Mints <[email-masked]>
> > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 09:10:05 -0400
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>, [email-masked],
> [email-masked]
> >
> > Face flashing isn't a feature of bell ringing, it's the opposite.
>
> ??? Then why is ring-bell-functions being mentioned?
>
> > I'd consider putting the face flashing code with
> > face-related code so it's clear faces can be flashed anywhere for any
> reason the users want.
>
> But this code is not general enough for that.  It was written
> explicitly for additional optional values for ring-bell-functions, as
> the doc strings say.
>

The prototype was derived from private code used in this narrow case but if
we're going to adopt the functionality in core, I think we go the extra
mile to make it appropriately general.