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2009/11/16 Per Starb=E4ck <per@starback.se>:
> 2009/11/16 Per Starb=E4ck <per@starback.se>:
>> 2009/11/16 David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net>:
>
>>> So, ^I for TAB, ^H for backspace, ^[ for escape etc.
>>
>> Sure, but I don't like that to be prerequisite knowledge for using Emacs=
.
>
> Which brings me to another point. There is at least one such
> correspondence that Emacs
> users are supposed to know about, that I think is unnecessary, and
> that is C-j =3D LF =3D \n.
> That is used for example in I-search and in arguments to query-replace et=
c.
>
> I would like some alternative way to enter newline in arguments,
> something having to
> do with <return> since that's the key actually associated with "new
> line" for all
> those you don't know their ASCII.
>
> That key should be used in I-search with the same meaning as C-j has
> now, and should
> be possible to use instead of C-q C-j to enter a newline in minibuffer
> input. Maybe
> <C-return> could be used for this?
>
> Then this would be an alternative just for people with window systems,
> but I think people
> who would benefit from this almost always have a window system anyway.
>
>
>

How about M-RET instead? That works in non-windowed Emacs as well and
seems to be unbound by default.

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Deniz Dogan