From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: question about `quit-char' Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:51:55 -0700 Message-ID: <002001c933f1$254036b0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <009c01c9339e$0b2df3a0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><8763nlsw2a.fsf@cyd.mit.edu><871vy9suyd.fsf@cyd.mit.edu><00b601c933a8$c31b7a50$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><87wsg1rdjq.fsf@cyd.mit.edu><00d401c933b1$61db9be0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <87ej29tkfo.fsf@xemacs.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224643932 23568 80.91.229.12 (22 Oct 2008 02:52:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:52:12 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Chong Yidong' , 'Eli Zaretskii' , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Stephen J. Turnbull'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 22 04:53:12 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsTqQ-0003hQ-TC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:53:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49802 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTpL-0000Qz-Ig for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:52:03 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTpF-0000Qq-J4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:51:57 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTpE-0000Q7-1T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:51:57 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45107 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsTpD-0000Pv-TJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:51:55 -0400 Original-Received: from rcsinet11.oracle.com ([148.87.113.123]:57477 helo=rgminet11.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsTpC-0004e3-7d; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:51:54 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (mail-router.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id m9M2psOE026064 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:51:56 GMT Original-Received: from acsmt704.oracle.com (acsmt704.oracle.com [141.146.40.82]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id m9M2plWI013088; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:51:48 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.23.165.218) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:51:45 +0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <87ej29tkfo.fsf@xemacs.org> Thread-Index: Ackz79daic17QF/JTjqKLxhXtlOeEwAACTwQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 X-Source-IP: acsmt704.oracle.com [141.146.40.82] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A010208.48FE9543.010F:SCFSTAT928724,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104810 Archived-At: > > I thought I was asking a general, release-independent > > question. What am I missing? > > An explanation of the semantics of the function you are binding. > Whether you "want" to bind to the quit character or to C-g depends on > whether or not the function has the semantics of quitting. Totally irrelevant. What command I want to bind the key/char to and why, and what that command does, are all irrelevant to the question I raised. Which has already been answered, BTW. I asked a question about binding a command to the quit character, whatever it might be, instead of assuming that the quit character is C-g. That's all. What kind of "quitting" I might want the key to accomplish - or even whether its action is "quitting" in any sense or blowing up balloons or painting fractal coloring books, is irrelevant.