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On 2007-05-16, mowgli <knowledgeless@gmail.com> wrote:
> How do you make pressing Ctrl-d not log off the shell and instead ask
> a question like Do you really want to quit? typing y quits the shell.
>

add this to your .emacs file:

(add-hook 'comint-mode-hook 
	  '(lambda ()
            (define-key comint-mode-map "\C-d" 'delete-char)))


> Ctrl-d is something I love in emacs and it works on the shell too but
> sometimes is inconvinient due to this log off thing when erasing some
> characters and you accidentally keep the Ctrl-d pressed a bit more.

I've done that too - sometimes it's very inconvenient!

Tyler