From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: question about `quit-char' Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:29:14 +0200 Message-ID: References: <009c01c9339e$0b2df3a0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> <8763nlsw2a.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224620979 28153 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 20:29:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:29:39 +0000 (UTC) To: cyd@stupidchicken.com, drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 21 22:30:39 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsNs7-00036k-5p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:30:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33649 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNr1-0002yi-Is for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNqx-0002yb-3o for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:29:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNqv-0002yM-48 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:29:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48007 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KsNqu-0002yJ-SG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:29:16 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:31856) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KsNqt-0003dm-LD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:29:15 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.98.197]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0K930025TVN1AHZ1@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 22:30:38 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:104782 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:31:03 +0200 > From: Eli Zaretskii > Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > From: Chong Yidong > > Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:21:49 -0400 > > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > > The Fset_quit_char command was introduced during the multi-tty merge. > > That's true, but one could set quit-char in older Emacsen as well: you > could do that with a call to set-input-mode. Btw, Emacs 22 and before did allow changing quit-char on X, so I believe the fact that this was disallowed during multi-tty merge is a bug, or at least something that needs a good explanation. The ELisp manual still says that setting quit-char works on X as well, unlike the `interrupt' argument to `set-input-mode'. Does anyone know why this was disabled on X (and on other types of graphic display)?