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* Re: visible-bell vs. holding down a key
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@ 2008-02-10  2:08 ` Bastien
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From: Bastien @ 2008-02-10  2:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
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jidanni@jidanni.org writes:

> Gentlemen, do
> $ emacs -Q --eval "(set-variable 'visible-bell t)"
> C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b C-b...
>
> Shouldn't emacs be smart enough to notice we are launching a denial of
> service attack on ourselves, that lasts much longer than we held the
> key down? Shouldn't just a few messages be enough? emacs-version "22.1.1"

Emacs is smart enough not to bother if you're not.

-- 
Bastien




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