Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!sgi.com!scotth From: scotth@corp.sgi.com (Scott Henry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: 2 questions (bash and gnu emacs) Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 91 14:38:28 GMT References: <1991Jun26.180856.25051@odi.com> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: scotth@sgi.com (Scott Henry) Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc, Mountain View, CA Lines: 17 In-Reply-To: benson@odi.com's message of 26 Jun 91 18: 08:56 GMT In article <1991Jun26.180856.25051@odi.com> benson@odi.com (Benson I. Margulies) writes: benson> 2) when I run gnu emacs -display to my 4D, the bell benson> rings very long. xset b does not shorten it. Any hints? In the file .../emacs-18.5?/src/x11term.c (line 706 in 18.57), change the line "XBell (XXdisplay,50);" to "XBell (XXdisplay,0);". This brings emacs in line with other X apps in their use of the bell. This is one of the things I automatically patch when I get a new version of GNU emacs. Does anybody know (or understand) FSF's reasoning for giving emacs such an obnoxious bell? -- Scott Henry / Traveller on Dragon Wings Information Services, / Help! My disclaimer is missing! Silicon Graphics, Inc / Politicians no baka!