From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Three strikes them out Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:36:20 +0900 Message-ID: <87y75qvsvf.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <48403C07.5080404@gmail.com> <484113E8.1040008@gmail.com> <4841177E.8020708@gmx.at> <484118F0.2050805@gmail.com> <48412778.7030302@gmx.at> <48413D82.9080304@gmail.com> <48415454.9050607@gmx.at> <4841D846.9040309@gmx.at> <4841DCEB.8000407@gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1212284204 953 80.91.229.12 (1 Jun 2008 01:36:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 01:36:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: martin rudalics , Stefan Monnier , joakim@verona.se, Emacs Devel To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 01 03:37:25 2008 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 1K2cVh-0002VX-5n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:37:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53629 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2cUv-0004Qq-9U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:36:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2cUq-0004QX-JV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:36:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K2cUp-0004QD-VB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:36:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33133 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K2cUp-0004QA-PW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:36:31 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]:35160) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K2cUk-00075g-Q3; Sat, 31 May 2008 21:36:27 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.175.114.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.175.114] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1K2cUf-0006A7-Tf; Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:36:21 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id EA4B02F3E; Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:36:20 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <4841DCEB.8000407@gmail.com> (Lennart Borgman's message of "Sun, 01 Jun 2008 01:19:07 +0200") Original-Lines: 17 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:98161 Archived-At: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" writes: > I just wanted a C-g signal to reach the timers just as it now reaches > code running directly in the command loop. I thought that some C-g in a > row would be easy to remember for that. I think that would an _extremely_ bad idea -- I often hit C-g like crazy when response is just the tiniest bit slow (or even simply because I'm angry at something else). If parts of emacs just stopped working, in invisible and hard to debug ways, just because the user happened to hit C-g a few too many times, it would be very annoying and confusing for users. -Miles -- Opportunity, n. A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment.