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Contovounesios" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bell instead Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2021 20:17:35 +0100 Message-ID: <877dl0hga8.fsf@tcd.ie> References: <009901c9421f$5bd0a6b0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <00ad01c942a0$1f49ca60$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87eef9qg81.fsf@gnus.org> <1869622e162377be79e9@heytings.org> <83bladw0dh.fsf@gnu.org> <87a6pxqdeg.fsf@gnus.org> <875z0lqcj4.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17749"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , 1305@debbugs.gnu.org, jasonspiro4@gmail.com, Gregory Heytings , monnier@iro.umontreal.ca To: Stefan Kangas Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 17 21:18:53 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lXqSy-0004V8-Nu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 21:18:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49184 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lXqSx-0008Sn-Hy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:18:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35914) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lXqS9-0007os-U4 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:18:01 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:33091) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lXqS9-0001D2-Lp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:18:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lXqS9-0000W7-Hu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Apr 2021 15:18:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: "Basil L. 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(The first thing I do with any machine is switch >> off any "alert" beeps.) > > Oh, I don't use any of that stuff. I have my own custom .xinitrc > instead with as little stuff as possible in it. So I'm not sure how I > could even set such a setting. I suppose it's some gconf stuff taking > place behind the scenes...? > > Searching online shows this might be it: > > sudo su gdm -c "gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/sound/event_sounds > --type bool false" > > But I don't have gconftool-2 so my Debian bullseye machine is probably > missing some prerequisites. FWIW, in my ~/.xsessionrc I have: [ -x "$(command -v xset)" ] && xset b off And for readline in general, in /etc/inputrc I have: # do not bell on tab-completion set bell-style none I think I added this last one to silence loud beeps in the virtual terminal. But then I don't use a full desktop environment like GNOME, so maybe these settings aren't as relevant or comprehensive there. -- Basil