Re: comint-accumulate-marker

[JD Smith]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:54:22 +0200, David Kastrup wrote:

> JD Smith <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> On Apr 18, 2006, at 5:57 AM, Richard Stallman wrote:
>>
>>> Please install it, and enable it by default.  The reason this is ok to
>>> install now is that the current behavior is wrong.
>>
>> I will install it shortly, but wanted to run one more variant of the
>> patch by everyone first.  This version is permanently enabled.  It also
>> saves input even when you use M-r/M-s, and it binds "C-c C-g" to a new
>> function `comint-restore-input',  so no matter where you are on the
>> history ring, you can zap back to your stranded partial input with C-c
>> C-g.  Let me know if that's a good binding (and where it should be
>> documented).
> 
> I don't think any binding should contain C-g.  C-g is supposed to quit, no
> matter what was typed before.

How about C-c C-j (j for "jump") then?  Of course, C-c C-g then says '"C-c
C-g" is undefined', so it doesn't do what you expect anyway.