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(efaq)Turning off beeping

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How do I stop Emacs from beeping on a terminal?
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   Martin R. Frank <martin@cc.gatech.edu> writes:

   Tell Emacs to use the "visible bell" instead of the audible bell,
and set the visible bell to nothing.

   That is, put the following in your `TERMCAP' environment variable
(assuming you have one):

     ... :vb=: ...

   And evaluate the following Lisp form:

     (setq visible-bell t)