RE: How to quiet down the beep

[Drew Adams]

> I have the following in my .emacs:
>   (setq ring-bell-function (lambda () (message "*beep*")))
> It makes Emacs show "*beep*" in the minibuffer instead of beeping.
> 
> Some kind person whose name I can't remember suggested this 
> some months ago here in this group.

See also the alternative visual bell posted on this page:
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MilesBader