From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Marshall Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: beep Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:51:38 +0000 Organization: The first against the wall Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: robert@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042662047 14215 80.91.224.249 (15 Jan 2003 20:20:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:20:47 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Yu1W-0003go-00 for ; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 21:20:30 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18Yu21-0007xq-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:21:01 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!opentransit.net!wanadoo.fr!teaser.fr!newsfeed.stueberl.de!newspeer1-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!newsfep4-gui.server.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Home-Page: http://www.chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.090012 (Oort Gnus v0.12) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:9aEHebXsEL76D0RC1hz8I67UNsY= Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.104.252.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com Original-X-Trace: newsfep4-gui.server.ntli.net 1042661799 213.104.252.1 (Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:16:39 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:16:39 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108990 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5518 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5518 On 15 Jan 2003, rvf@hotpop.com wrote: > McClain writes: > >> How do I change or switch off this annoying >> beep emacs plays for nearly everything? >> > > put this in your .emacs: > > ;; blink instead of beep when an error occurs > (setq visible-bell t) > Or alternatively, if you just want it to be less nearly everything (setq ring-bell-function (lambda () (unless (memq this-command '(isearch-abort abort-recursive-edit exit-minibuffer keyboard-quit)) ;; add extra commands here! (ding)))) pinched off a ng somewhere R -- Take me to the world A world that smiles With streets instead of aisles