Re: Quit help for someone new to Emacs

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Zhu Zihao <all_but_last@163.com> 작성:

>
> Well, it's not a joke. I found Vim will give a hint for new user how can  
> they
> really quit Vim when they try to press "C-c".
>
> I know there's detailed message in splash screen describes that how to  
> quit. But
> if a new user use Emacs to open a file directly(e.g. run "emacs .bashrc" in
> bash). They can't see this useful message.
>
> For Emacs, "C-c" is preserved for user bindings. So it's always empty for a
> Emacs without any user configuration. IMO, it maybe useful to pop a message
> "Press 'C-x C-c' ('C-' means Ctrl-) to quit Emacs" in echo area when  
> someone hit
> "C-c" frequently.

Looks like the feature might only be activated when there is no .emacs or  
~/.emacs.d directory. (I’m assuming that most new users that don’t know  
Emacs enough to not know (or search, learn) how to quit Emacs won’t have  
already configured Emacs.)

What about a ‘C-c C-c’ default binding that only gets activated when there  
is no init file?

> And no doubt that this feature can be controlled via a Lisp
> variable.

In my proposal, that would just be binding C-c C-c to (message "Press 'C-x  
C-c' ('C-' means Ctrl-) to quit Emacs") (or some function that Emacs uses  
to display the message) so I’m not sure if there needs another variable.

> What's your opinions?

Great idea, IMO.

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>
> Zihao