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RE: GNU Emacs raison d'etre
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excalamus |
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RE: GNU Emacs raison d'etre |
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Thu, 28 May 2020 16:12:24 +0200 (CEST) |
28 mai 2020 à 02:13 de drew.adams@oracle.com:
>> >We made this very simple a few years ago: Just keep typing C-g.
>> >I guess these users don't know that.
>>
>> Sometimes they know that, but it's still stressful for them to have to
>> do it.
>>
What does C-g mean? Why the sequence C-g specifically? I think the disconnect
may be that C-g appears outwardly meaningless.
For contrast, <escape> clearly means to retreat and is often used in other
applications to cancel (e.g. vi). C-h is related to help via the 'h', which
makes it easy to learn/remember.
So why 'g'?
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