GNU bug report logs - #12093
24.1; ask-user-about-supersession-threat doesn't bind <ESC> <ESC> or <ESC> <ESC> <ESC>

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Message #8 received at 12093 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 12093 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12093: 24.1;
	ask-user-about-supersession-threat doesn't bind <ESC> <ESC> or <ESC>
	<ESC> <ESC>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 18:20:03 +0800

Richard Copley <rcopley <at> gmail.com> writes:

> If you're stuck in ask-user-about-supersession-threat's read loop, you
> can hit ESC as many times as you like and it doesn't quit out of the
> loop. This can be very annoying as it forces you to stop and work out
> what state you've got into.
>
> See D.2 (Key Binding Conventions) in the Emacs Lisp manual:
>    * Anything that acts like a temporary mode or state that the user can
>      enter and leave should define `<ESC> <ESC>' or `<ESC> <ESC> <ESC>'
>      as a way to escape.

Fixed in trunk, thanks for the bug report.

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