GNU bug report logs - #1580
zap-to-char too raw, or document

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:34:23 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 24.2

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 1580 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#1580: zap-to-char too raw, or document
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:33:35 +0200

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> For the ctrl-g bit, just suggest
>
> M-: (zap-to-char 1 ?\C-g)
>
> in the doc-string and be done with it (nobody else is ever going to care
> about this).
>
> Otherwise the next bug report will be "I can't quit zap-to-char".

Well, they can quit by just not saying `C-q' before the `C-g'.  :-)

But I think just allowing input methods, and not allowing `C-q' would be
the best solution.

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