From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: `quit_char', `set-quit-char', and `set-input-mode' Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 11:57:47 +0200 Message-ID: <871umpu3fo.fsf@gnuvola.org> References: <5078FDFD9C3A4C45AA44B3768CBAA2B1@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1336816626 8218 80.91.229.3 (12 May 2012 09:57:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 May 2012 09:57:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 12 11:57:05 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ST94S-0002ZG-B8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 May 2012 11:57:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34978 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ST94R-0005bJ-RE for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 May 2012 05:57:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40391) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ST94P-0005bD-NP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 May 2012 05:57:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ST94N-00048p-Gb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 May 2012 05:57:01 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp208.alice.it ([82.57.200.104]:41679) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ST94N-00047x-7A for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 May 2012 05:56:59 -0400 Original-Received: from ambire (79.24.36.54) by smtp208.alice.it (8.6.023.02) id 4F056E850E63FB24; Sat, 12 May 2012 11:56:38 +0200 Original-Received: from ttn by ambire with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1ST959-0000VV-L7; Sat, 12 May 2012 11:57:47 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5078FDFD9C3A4C45AA44B3768CBAA2B1@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Fri, 11 May 2012 16:55:46 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.92 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.104 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:150456 Archived-At: () "Drew Adams" () Fri, 11 May 2012 16:55:46 -0700 I'm guessing there are good reasons for some or all of these things - reasons that would help me understand better. Explanation appreciated. I ported Emacs 22 to VMS a while back, and fuzzily remember playing w/ this corner (changing things to see what breaks). Based on this, i would say these things are the way they are primarily due to tradition (C-g =E2=89=A1 ASCII BEL, which makes a =E2=80=98ding=E2=80=99, uncoincidentally) and inertia (no one has bothered {ration,gener}alizing things further). That is also a guess.