From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: question about `quit-char' Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:30:20 -0700 Message-ID: <010901c933bb$d6baff50$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <009c01c9339e$0b2df3a0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <8763nlsw2a.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <871vy9suyd.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <00b601c933a8$c31b7a50$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87wsg1rdjq.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <00d401c933b1$61db9be0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224621050 28556 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 20:30:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:30:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 21 22:31:49 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsNtM-0003d4-Vs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:31:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34355 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNsH-0003hr-Fp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:41 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNrx-0003Yd-Q7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNrw-0003Xu-AA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48048 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNrv-0003Xe-PH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:19 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:31834) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsNru-00043h-3e; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:30:18 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m9LKUFd1017350; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:30:15 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt707.oracle.com (acsmt707.oracle.com [141.146.40.85]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m9LKUEwT026516; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:30:14 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.55.100) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:30:14 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AckzuxAsp+9Gwa65QeG5BnSOWJpQfgAAJTZw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104783 Archived-At: > > But I still don't understand, I guess. What does the > > question have to do with the release? I'm not asking > > about any Emacs 23 or future features, AFAIK. > > To support changing quit-char correctly, we need changes that probably > will not happen before the release. Until then, you can safely assume > that quit-char will be C-g, especially on windowed displays. I see; I didn't know that. Thx. > > Users in any release can presumably use input methods > > I believe you mean input-mode. Input methods have nothing to do with > quit-char. Yes, sorry. > > and change the quit character from C-g, no? And if they do that, > > then my hard-coded binding of C-g won't pick up their key, right? > > Yes, but many other places will not obey a change in quit-char, so you > are in good company. Got it. Thx.