From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: What is a safe way to bind ESC to quit
Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2021 15:19:45 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv1rbndxx3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
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>> Also, the above won't help you interrupt code with `escape` while
>> it's running. You might also want to check `set-quit-char` for that.
> You're right, the changed escape won't stop running code like C-g
> does. I tried calling set-quit-char with 27, but it had no effect,
> running code still can't be stopped, so C-g's function is not
> replicated on ESC.
It might work for C-[ (which is indeed ASCII char 27), but not for the
`escape` key. For that you'll need to change the C code.
Stefan
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