Hour 12: Visible Editing Utilities: Using a Visible Bell

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Hour 12: Visible Editing Utilities

Sections in this Hour:
Changing the Font in Emacs	Highlighting Syntax Using Fonts and Colors	Summary
Changing the Foreground and Background Color in UNIX	Filling	Q&A
Parentheses Matching	Getting Double Height Windows	Exercises
Using a Visible Bell	Rectangular Commands

Using a Visible Bell

When an error occurs in Emacs, the audio bell rings to draw your attention. This is to keep you from typing for half an hour before finding that no text is actually inserted. If, however, you look at your screen when typing (rather than on your keyboard), you might find the audio bell annoying and want Emacs to simply blink when an error occur. This is obtained by inserting the following line into your .emacs file:


(setq visible-bell t)

Tip - To see how the visible bell works, add the previous line and press C-g a few times.

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Sections in this Hour:
Changing the Font in Emacs	Highlighting Syntax Using Fonts and Colors	Summary
Changing the Foreground and Background Color in UNIX	Filling	Q&A
Parentheses Matching	Getting Double Height Windows	Exercises
Using a Visible Bell	Rectangular Commands