From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bob Proulx Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-c C-x M-g?? Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:44:44 -0700 Message-ID: <20101126024444.GA20265@discord.proulx.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1290739529 17069 80.91.229.12 (26 Nov 2010 02:45:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 02:45:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 26 03:45:24 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PLoJQ-0002PK-0Q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Nov 2010 03:45:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40457 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PLoJP-0002Mm-FU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:45:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37050 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PLoIz-0002LF-FJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:45:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PLoIt-0001eX-H5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:44:57 -0500 Original-Received: from joseki.proulx.com ([216.17.153.58]:43766) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PLoIt-0001eJ-CG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:44:51 -0500 Original-Received: from discord.proulx.com (discord.proulx.com [172.27.61.2]) (Authenticated sender: discord) by joseki.proulx.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id D1AA821310 for ; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:44:48 -0700 (MST) Original-Received: by discord.proulx.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D256390C047; Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:44:44 -0700 (MST) Mail-Followup-To: Bob Proulx , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:75438 Archived-At: 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