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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Cc: storm@cua.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: font-lock and shell scripts: Raises redisplay errors in highlight pattern:
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 15:04:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <85wtage3rh.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17591.38274.352202.751899@localhost.localdomain> (T. V. Raman's message of "Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:00:50 -0700")

"T. V. Raman" <raman@users.sf.net> writes:

> Unhandled errors do make a beep which is correct.
>
> But that is not sufficient for the  user who is not looking at
> the display --- I need to say "why" it beeped.
>
> Also, very often I dont sit at my PC -- I sit somewhere outside
> with a wireless keyboard and speakers, and sadly the PC speaker
> beep only beeps at the PC -- not over the sound card.

Could be a matter of mixer control.

> The latter is a bit esoteric I admit -- but for something like
> the vm mail reader signalling end of folder I really need more
> feedback than a beep.

visible-bell is a variable defined in `C source code'.
Its value is t

Documentation:
*Non-nil means try to flash the frame to represent a bell.

See also `ring-bell-function'.

You can customize this variable.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-14 13:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-06  3:38 font-lock and shell scripts: Raises redisplay errors in highlight pattern: T. V. Raman
2006-07-06  8:29 ` Romain Francoise
2006-07-06 10:01 ` Kim F. Storm
2006-07-07  4:01   ` T. V. Raman
2006-07-07 14:18     ` Stefan Monnier
2006-07-13  4:08       ` T. V. Raman
2006-07-13 15:30         ` Stefan Monnier
2006-07-14  1:28           ` T. V. Raman
2006-07-14  4:06         ` Richard Stallman
2006-07-14 13:00           ` T. V. Raman
2006-07-14 13:04             ` David Kastrup [this message]
2006-07-14 13:09             ` Chong Yidong
2006-07-15  1:43               ` T. V. Raman
2006-07-15 13:37             ` Richard Stallman
2006-07-15 14:27               ` T. V. Raman
2006-07-16  6:25                 ` Richard Stallman
2006-07-16 17:18                   ` T. V. Raman

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