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From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@gnu.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>,
	10169@debbugs.gnu.org, Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Subject: bug#10169: a simple interrupt evokes abort?! (but only with (require 'saveplace))
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2011 16:04:15 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yxqfwh1xt80.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m28vmuavbw.fsf@igel.home> (Andreas Schwab's message of "Sat, 03 Dec 2011 09:54:59 +0100")

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

> Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Glenn Morris wrote:
>>
>>> Now interrupts are silently ignored:
>>>
>>> bash> ./emacs -Q
>>> ctrl-C    # in the shell
>>>
>>> just prints ^C.
>>
>> Correction, not silently ignored: Emacs prints "Quit" but is otherwise
>> unaffected.
>
> IMHO this is the correct behaviour for an interactive programm.

Why do you think that and what other widely use programs can you name
that have the same behavior?

Why do you think that pretest is the right time to do such a change to a
long available behavior, and why is it OK to do it with zero discussion?






  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-03 21:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-11-30 12:24 bug#10169: a simple interrupt evokes abort?! (but only with (require 'saveplace)) Jim Meyering
2011-12-01 16:03 ` Paul Eggert
2011-12-01 16:13   ` Jim Meyering
2011-12-01 18:09     ` Glenn Morris
2011-12-01 18:42       ` Andreas Schwab
2011-12-01 19:00         ` Glenn Morris
2011-12-01 19:02           ` Glenn Morris
2011-12-03  8:54             ` Andreas Schwab
2011-12-03 21:04               ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]
2011-12-03 21:26                 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-12-03 22:07                   ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-12-03 22:23                     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-12-03 22:46                       ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-12-03 22:53                         ` Daniel Colascione
2011-12-04  2:08                       ` Chong Yidong
2011-12-04  9:37                         ` Andreas Schwab
2011-12-04 15:05                         ` Richard Stallman
2011-12-02  0:34       ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-12-01 19:25 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-12-01 19:38   ` Dan Nicolaescu
2011-12-03 20:21 ` Glenn Morris

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