From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#1305: All code that currently beeps should use visual bellinstead Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:52:25 -0500 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 1305@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1226934625 18622 80.91.229.12 (17 Nov 2008 15:10:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:10:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Tim Connors , bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com, 1305@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com, rms@gnu.org To: "Jason Spiro" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 17 16:11:27 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L25l8-0000Es-V4 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:11:27 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57996 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L25k0-0000MI-CG for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:10:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L25jx-0000Le-0u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:10:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L25jw-0000L3-3Y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:10:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54812 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L25jv-0000Kw-U5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:10:11 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:40038) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L25jv-0003Et-D3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:10:11 -0500 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mAHFA8al014291; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:10:09 -0800 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id mAHF022U010592; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:00:02 -0800 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:00:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 1305 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B.12269335179260 (code B ref -1); Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:00:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 17 Nov 2008 14:51:57 +0000 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id mAHEprcj009252 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:51:55 -0800 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L25SD-0004Oc-8u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:51:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L25SC-0004Np-TA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:51:52 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37216 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L25SB-0004Ne-MN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:51:51 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:22480) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L25S9-0000uW-R2; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:51:49 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhIFAGYTIUlMCrcy/2dsb2JhbACBbMxrgnmBFA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.33,618,1220241600"; d="scan'208";a="29956118" Original-Received: from 76-10-183-50.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([76.10.183.50]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 17 Nov 2008 09:51:49 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 436487F97; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:52:25 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Jason Spiro's message of "Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:37:59 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:10:12 -0500 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:22443 Archived-At: > Firefox's incremental search feature does it much better than Emacs. > When an incremental search is failing, it doesn't just add the word > "Failing" onscreen. It also changes the search text entry field to > have a bright red background. This attracts the eye to see that the > search is failing. Should I file a bug to request that Emacs do the > same? I don't think it addresses Tim's problem that he simply doesn't see (aka. look at) the echo area at all. The bell is more noticeable (both the visual and the auditory one). Stefan