bug#1305: Please disable the audible bell by default, to avoid discouraging newbies in crowded offices and elsewhere

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: 1305@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com,  Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4@gmail.com>,  
> bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:54:02 -0500
> 
> > The problem is, without the beep, the screen sometimes does not change
> > at all.  And that is BAD, from the HE point of view, at least IMO.
> 
> That sounds like a bug to me.  In which circumstances does the
> visible-bell fail to work?

I didn't mean visible-bell fails to work, I meant if we abolish any
visual or audible signs.  The OP asked as his 1st choice to disable
the beep, not replace it with visible-bell.