* C-c C-x M-g??
@ 2010-11-25 23:36 Andrea Crotti
2010-11-26 0:05 ` Sean Sieger
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From: Andrea Crotti @ 2010-11-25 23:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Some time ago I did a short talk about emacs and one vi-guy asked me
what is the "meaning" of all the
C-c, C-x, keys.
What I thought was that C-c stands for command, C-x stands for execute,
and then the problem is that most of the other keys are already taken.
Yesterday I also found M-g, so now I should really find a good
explanation before the next talk ;)
Any help
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2010-11-25 23:36 C-c C-x M-g?? Andrea Crotti
@ 2010-11-26 0:05 ` Sean Sieger
2010-11-26 2:44 ` Bob Proulx
2010-11-26 8:45 ` Deniz Dogan
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From: Sean Sieger @ 2010-11-26 0:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> writes:
Some time ago I did a short talk about emacs and one vi-guy asked me
what is the "meaning" of all the
C-c, C-x, keys.
What I thought was that C-c stands for command, C-x stands for execute,
and then the problem is that most of the other keys are already taken.
Yesterday I also found M-g, so now I should really find a good
explanation before the next talk ;)
Any help
There are several tidbits in the Tutorial.
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2010-11-25 23:36 C-c C-x M-g?? Andrea Crotti
2010-11-26 0:05 ` Sean Sieger
@ 2010-11-26 2:44 ` Bob Proulx
2010-11-26 8:45 ` Deniz Dogan
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From: Bob Proulx @ 2010-11-26 2:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Andrea Crotti wrote:
> What I thought was that C-c stands for command, C-x stands for execute,
> and then the problem is that most of the other keys are already taken.
Most commands were tied to the first level keys directly. C-f for
Forward, C-b for Backward, C-n for Next, C-p for previous and so
forth. But eventually you run out of mnemonics and just have to pick
a key for it. But for the eXtended key set C-x was used.
You can find this in the emacs tutorial.
C-x Character eXtend. Followed by one character.
M-x Named command eXtend. Followed by a long name.
> Yesterday I also found M-g, so now I should really find a good
> explanation before the next talk ;)
The control-g character is the bell character. It rings the terminal
bell. An interrupt. Cancel. Ding!
Bob
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* Re: C-c C-x M-g??
2010-11-25 23:36 C-c C-x M-g?? Andrea Crotti
2010-11-26 0:05 ` Sean Sieger
2010-11-26 2:44 ` Bob Proulx
@ 2010-11-26 8:45 ` Deniz Dogan
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From: Deniz Dogan @ 2010-11-26 8:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrea Crotti; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
2010/11/26 Andrea Crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com>:
> Some time ago I did a short talk about emacs and one vi-guy asked me
> what is the "meaning" of all the
> C-c, C-x, keys.
>
> What I thought was that C-c stands for command, C-x stands for execute,
> and then the problem is that most of the other keys are already taken.
>
> Yesterday I also found M-g, so now I should really find a good
> explanation before the next talk ;)
>
M-g is most likely mnemonic for "Go [somewhere]".
--
Deniz Dogan
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