RE: Bell

[Drew Adams]

> > What's pointed out by the discussion so far is not that the bell
> > should go away, or that it should be replaced by the visual bell, or
> > that the visual bell should be improved, or that `ding' should be
> > called less, or that `ding' should be removed, or that `C-g' should
> > not ring the bell.
> 
> > Rather, what's called for is a way to mute `ding' in a flexible
> > way. What Juri suggested wrt putting a silence property on function
> > symbols, and what I suggested wrt binding a silence variable, would
> > provide what's needed. And maybe there are other suggestions.
> 
> > Once we have ways to flexibly silence `ding' in various 
> > contexts, then we can decide just where to do so. And users
> > themselves will be able to easily do likewise.
> 
> I understand what you say, but I disagree.
> #include "my earlier post"

No idea what earlier post you mean. What's your argument, in summary? And what
is it that you disagree with?