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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
Cc: Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>, 1305@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#1305: Please disable the audible bell by default, to avoid discouraging newbies in crowded offices and elsewhere
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:19:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvd4h8qnwr.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200811062334.mA6NYLB6012009@mothra.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Thu, 6 Nov 2008 15:34:21 -0800 (PST)")

> FWIW, I find the beep annoying and useless too.  I disable it in .emacs,
> but every time I have to use emacs -Q to debug something it gets on my
> nerves....

I hate all forms of beeping.  So I'm definitely in favor of using the
visual bell by default, tho I never dared to propose it, seeing how it's
not even in the "Options" menu.


        Stefan







  reply	other threads:[~2008-11-07  2:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-04 22:51 bug#1305: Please disable the audible bell by default, to avoid discouraging newbies in crowded offices and elsewhere Jason Spiro
2008-11-05  7:25 ` Xavier Maillard
2008-11-06  8:34   ` Jason Spiro
2008-11-09 23:25     ` Xavier Maillard
2008-11-11 19:15       ` Jason Spiro
2008-11-11 20:05         ` Lennart Borgman
2008-11-06 23:34 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2008-11-07  2:19   ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2008-11-07 10:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-07 14:54   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-07 16:52     ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-07 18:48       ` Stefan Monnier

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