From: Deniz Dogan <deniz@dogan.se>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Discouraging C-g in the same way C-h is discouraged
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:11:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E73D7B7.2060905@dogan.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAME3nGLO1+886uYA6p884QPxpQp1+h_+yMkegAQLwCoq45eeDQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 2011-09-16 21:50, Edward O'Connor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> (elisp)Key Binding Conventions contains the following text, discouraging
> mode authors from binding C-h:
>
> * Don't bind `C-h' following any prefix character (including `C-c').
> If you don't bind `C-h', it is automatically available as a help
> character for listing the subcommands of the prefix character.
>
> I think it should similarly discourage authors from binding C-g, for the
> similar reason that users might often begin a key sequence and then want
> to stop before completing the sequence. Some users hit ESC in such a
> situation, while others hit C-g.
>
I thought it said that somewhere already. Does it not?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-09-16 23:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-16 19:50 Discouraging C-g in the same way C-h is discouraged Edward O'Connor
2011-09-16 23:11 ` Deniz Dogan [this message]
2011-09-17 19:50 ` Chong Yidong
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