Re: font-lock and shell scripts: Raises redisplay errors in highlight pattern:

[David Kastrup]

"T. V. Raman" <address@hidden> 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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