Bug#448676: Gtk causes beeps on every little thing.

[Josselin Mouette]

Hi,

Le mardi 30 octobre 2007 à 17:29 -0700, Brandon a écrit :
> Package: libgtk2.0-0
> Version: 2.12.1-1
> 
> To reproduce (using leafpad or I assume most other gtk text editors):
> 1) Open leafpad
> 2) Press "left".
> 3) Beep!
> 4) For added fun, press Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down. Beep every
> time.
> 
> I am surprised that Gtk beeps at all. That doesn't really seem like
> something it would need to do. I just upgraded gtk, and it's
> dependencies, and now every gtk app beeps every time I make a mistake.
> It didn't do this before. My beeper has beeped several hundred times
> since I upgraded maybe an hour ago.
> 
> This is excessive. The beeps don't mean anything anymore. I am going to
> have to turn them off. Fortunately, for me, that is something I have
> been meaning to do anyway.

I don't think this is new behavior, and I can't say it's an unexpected
one. Most X applications have always done this way.

If you are using metacity, you can replace these beeps with visual
alarms.

Cheers,
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