From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: scame Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: What is a safe way to bind ESC to quit Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:05:24 +0000 Message-ID: Reply-To: scame Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3326"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 06 20:07:45 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lTq76-0000ln-IO for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 20:07:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34864 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lTq75-0004yc-Kz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:07:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52012) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lTq5E-0004wi-3V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:05:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail4.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.27]:34536) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lTq51-00034w-OG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 14:05:47 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail; t=1617732330; bh=1XLHyhCb5l8Yx06vZKwCRfH7CswxW/yrh0VIeLDMp5s=; h=Date:To:From:Reply-To:Subject:From; b=CwTsA3SMKaz0kZoAW4/yaB+ptH5b6tFSUO0v+otucldx91Y9uFyy67djcXpPwDVeA t0TCryzlUYPxf7Z8skFKYBW6Y0p9ayKy/MRtpc6mfcxJWW8IvZtWaY0LqzmBHnqILB bvapD52DymsP77YJ3JsaPTHwtXKY5ff4FvumUKpM= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.27; envelope-from=laszlomail@protonmail.com; helo=mail4.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -27 X-Spam_score: -2.8 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.8 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128869 Archived-At: > Also, the above won't help you interrupt code with `escape` while > it's running. You might also want to check `set-quit-char` for that. You're right, the changed escape won't stop running code like C-g does. I tried calling set-quit-char with 27, but it had no effect, running code still can't be stopped, so C-g's function is not replicated on ESC.