Re: Why use CTL-x CTL-c to quit instead of CTL-x CTL-q?

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> [2021-04-06 23:58]:
> * Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net> [2021-04-06 18:16]:
> > Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> writes:
> > 
> > > P.S. Do vi/vim users wonder why its key bindings don't correspond more
> > > strongly to common Windows, Mac or Unix/Linux interface standards? I
> > > rarely need to use vim, but if they changed the quit command (:q or
> > > :q!) I'd be completely lost. How would I ever get back to the shell
> > > prompt? Oh, right, C-z followed by kill(1).
> > 
> > I don't think so, as vi(m) is culturally more about the keys than the
> > software. People use vi(m) for vi(m), while many use Emacs for {org, magit,
> > whatever} and find Emacs to be an obstacle. Or that is at least how I
> 
> I expect on every system to have vi available just because Emacs is
> not available. That is where trouble starts. Sometimes use to edit
> remote files within M-x shell.

Correction: Sometimes I use ed to edit remote files witin M-x shell
especially when there are just few lines to be changed.