From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Meaning behind Control-G Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:44:29 -0400 Message-ID: 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> <87zh9scdf8.fsf@warpmail.net> <7w367f6y81.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="26618"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Lars Brinkhoff Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 01 15:45:18 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 1jfkkf-0006pJ-7L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:45:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45076 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jfkke-0002sx-89 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:45:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60916) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jfkjx-0002SK-VW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:44:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:57552) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jfkjw-0000sP-PQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:44:33 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 12ECE4411FA; Mon, 1 Jun 2020 09:44:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg3.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 8CB29441195; Mon, 1 Jun 2020 09:44:30 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1591019070; bh=9LLDrnMVmEdFet9nu010L2yVtQ8m7t8D0ic3Wl/DUk8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=YTiUSXOYL0rnS4s+dtq0EtQuo2thtUe/U76Co7ng7IieQl1GCKyRwXBDZbjNVoV4t zOfUEKa+3n3QrTMrpcQpFHbjTT5Lpzh3zq2ML2+vscRHBX8MC879w7gsOoJp2pmJ5a XHgEcb+q1mPMrXngU+wLLH8sSOwuaJMxmfe0KPvJw+WENrUKRxUkclym+Xz8sy9HSz oaHP1kOSF51ehsdMudueZqw97rhYECyaxr8QoXVCtrQP7qwsW3l1iZPQ6h7MRuA2ID 6813FtvNmvHMXuzphowyME1pO+Drsk7kwAPq+WJdRmQcr3jYSCBg0lmvcXzBEXKNXc o24h4cyxI1IMg== Original-Received: from alfajor (76-10-137-254.dsl.teksavvy.com [76.10.137.254]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F6B91207FB; Mon, 1 Jun 2020 09:44:30 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <7w367f6y81.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> (Lars Brinkhoff's message of "Mon, 01 Jun 2020 07:29:02 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/06/01 09:30:01 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, 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:251732 Archived-At: > Now, why TECO uses Control-G for "quit", I don't know. ASCII "BEL" as > an "alarm" is a plausible theory, but hard to verify. In general > there's no strong link between control characteras as inputs and their > corresponding output behaviour. FWIW, the link between C-g and "BEL" is pretty clear: it must be [G]raham [Bel]l Stefan