Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> miha@kamnitnik.top writes:
>
>> Rationale: a user wants to copy a command from command history without
>> executing it. Or user wants to complete a file name in C-x C-f and copy
>> it without finding the file. I believe this should be possible in
>> keyboard macros.
>
> `C-g' is part of how one normally operates `M-x' (etc.) in some
> circumstances, so it might make sense to have a special quit symbol for
> that; yes.
>
> Does anybody else have an opinion here?

One alternative to a new quit error symbol would be to introduce a new
variable `kmacro-dont-end-on-error'. One would then set it to non-nil
before signaling a quit (or any error) and command loop would set it
back to nil after handling the error without aborting kmacro definition.
What do you think?

>> * src/data.c (syms_of_data): New error symbol `lite-quit'
>
> But it should be called something more descriptive, like
> `minibuffer-quit'.

Good idea, attaching a revised patch (which also adds two NEWS entries.)