From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Jean-Christophe Helary Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: GNU Emacs raison d'etre Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 23:42:31 +0900 Message-ID: <8211752B-5425-40A7-8955-62F930F13936@traduction-libre.org> References: <70bb51fd-447d-928c-4d69-1c9673a44471@online.de> <871rnnvmdx.fsf@red-bean.com> <87pnb7sira.fsf@red-bean.com> <87lflcg0k9.fsf@red-bean.com> <0f1cd319-fa8c-4453-b909-fdd36f337906@default> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.4 \(3608.80.23.2.2\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="55039"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Karl Fogel , Andreas Roehler , Richard Stallman , Drew Adams , Emacs Devel To: excalamus@tutanota.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu May 28 16:43:18 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1jeJkb-000ECA-R0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 28 May 2020 16:43:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41614 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jeJka-0000gv-Sc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 28 May 2020 10:43:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:52214) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jeJk6-0000Fz-EJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 28 May 2020 10:42:46 -0400 Original-Received: from relay7-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.200]:60073) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jeJk5-0006rm-1l; Thu, 28 May 2020 10:42:45 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 128.53.64.23 Original-Received: from [10.0.1.13] (pl19991.ag0304.nttpc.ne.jp [128.53.64.23]) (Authenticated sender: jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org) by relay7-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3E4E020003; Thu, 28 May 2020 14:42:35 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.80.23.2.2) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.70.183.200; envelope-from=jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org; helo=relay7-d.mail.gandi.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/28 10:42:39 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:251547 Archived-At: >>>> We made this very simple a few years ago: Just keep typing C-g. >>>> I guess these users don't know that. >>>=20 >>> Sometimes they know that, but it's still stressful for them to have = to >>> do it.=20 > For contrast, clearly means to retreat and is often used in = other applications to cancel (e.g. vi). C-h is related to help via the = 'h', which makes it easy to learn/remember.=20 >=20 > So why 'g'?=20 [g]et out of here ? --=20 Jean-Christophe Helary @brandelune http://mac4translators.blogspot.com