From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Why use CTL-x CTL-c to quit instead of CTL-x CTL-q? Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 16:17:34 +0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16385"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs , Hongyi Zhao To: Skip Montanaro Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 06 18:18:33 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 1lToPR-0004BI-CL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 18:18:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51394 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lToPK-0005xO-Qt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:18:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:43294) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lToOZ-0005xD-4K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:17:39 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:59390) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lToOX-00073t-Gu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2021 12:17:38 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20210101; t=1617725855; bh=f0VErVDl16tL5KKEfRXfqf8z4cIkvbuO57jwfCvnUIo=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=fjCP3q1f93nsRiJF/hRbTIj20n27RCRTPAb/cxXlybyRzcFHmrhSqKbv9V6X/jDum N4K1KK8AtAZez17FStZgnQX0FGpSjnxaCAbzxsyIMW5vjk8apipC25+2WWk1NBrxSZ /4papnJS2C2uQKfA75jH/RVWCjKLZEjmYGSPEZQ9mJ/KVhr0McgQhnsezJkLi5OM5H VFpS/QmfUcFJrYHq7rCnNbAA0RUdOQvmvsHELrYeGpLqYzZ901zDieBFImcHFkicA9 NblXhxV82TOUNmJ/e9nCyf+rGCrimC0t242CRkTcTR024/KymHQFsjTVz/zj22VvbG JfojVOPIjSfzw== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 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, 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:128864 Archived-At: >> GNU Emacs first appeared in 1976 or thereabouts (and not on Unix). > > Stefan corrected me off-list. It wasn't GNU Emacs, but its predecessor > on ITS. In fact, Wikipedia indicates that Richard Stallman didn't start > on GNU Emacs until 1984, in response to the not-open-source Gosling > Emacs. > To link this with the OP's question, note that C-x C-c in ITS Emacs did not "quit Emacs" as C-x C-c now does, it was a "suspend" operation.