Re: gnus/earcon.el

[Dave Love]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     For what it's worth, earcon.el contains references (in
>     `earcon-regexp-alist') to sound files that aren't included with Emacs
>     (or Gnus).
>
> This may or may not be a problem.

I'm sure it's not a big problem.

> What are they used for,

Making noises when Gnus does certain things -- probably not terribly
desirable.

> and what package are they available in?

They seem to be with XEmacs on Debian:

  $ locate Evil_Laugh.au
  /usr/share/xemacs21/xemacs-packages/etc/sounds/Evil_Laugh.au

I doubt it would be worth chasing their copyright status.