with XEmacs 21.5.3 -- from CVS on september 21 --
compiled --with-gnome and --with-gtk,
it beeps on errors, despite the following efforts to stop it:
configured and compiled: --with-sound=none
ran: xset b off
disabled "enable sound server startup" in GNOME Control Center
evaluated: (setq bell-volume 0)
under those conditions -- and, presumably, under any conditions with the
GTK gui -- , it also beeps on 'quit', unless debug-on-quit is non-nil
this is only when it's running with the gtk gui, not when it's running in
a tty
it's far from being a release-critical bug. it's just an annoyance,
getting a "BEEP" (as opposed to a backtrace) with every C-g , and with
every time i try to move the cursor past the end or beginning of the
buffer.
after 'xset b off' and bell-volume set to 0, (beep) -- and whatever
similar of it is being called from (signal foo bar) -- should have no
audible effect.