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From: "Edward O'Connor" <hober0@gmail.com>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Discouraging C-g in the same way C-h is discouraged
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:50:24 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAME3nGLO1+886uYA6p884QPxpQp1+h_+yMkegAQLwCoq45eeDQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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.

Thoughts?


Ted



             reply	other threads:[~2011-09-16 19:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-09-16 19:50 Edward O'Connor [this message]
2011-09-16 23:11 ` Discouraging C-g in the same way C-h is discouraged Deniz Dogan
2011-09-17 19:50 ` Chong Yidong

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