GNU bug report logs - #27980
disabled-command-function should accept ^G

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: disabled-command-function should accept ^G
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 11:07:09 +0800

disabled-command-function is an autoloaded compiled Lisp function in
‘novice.el’.

It prompts with

     (message "Type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): ")

However in 99% of the cases, the user has triggered it by mistake,
and wishes to get out with ^G, and not be bothered to read the details.

However ^G is disabled here.

Repeated hitting of it will not get one out and back to editing.

I vote ^G be mapped to "n", and be listed in the message.

Message #8 received at 27980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 27980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27980: disabled-command-function should accept ^G
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 16:09:19 +0900

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> disabled-command-function is an autoloaded compiled Lisp function in
> ‘novice.el’.
>
> It prompts with
>
>      (message "Type y, n, ! or SPC (the space bar): ")
>
> However in 99% of the cases, the user has triggered it by mistake,
> and wishes to get out with ^G, and not be bothered to read the details.
Reading those details i discovered several very useful disabled commands;
i enable some of them in my init file at startup.
>
> However ^G is disabled here.
>
> Repeated hitting of it will not get one out and back to editing.
>
> I vote ^G be mapped to "n", and be listed in the message.
For me C-g it works:
emacs -Q ~
a ; `dired-find-alternate-file' (disabled by default)
;; Appear the message.
C-g ; The message is gone; the command was canceled.

Message #11 received at 27980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 27980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27980: disabled-command-function should accept ^G
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2017 20:59:29 +0800

OK ^G is working again for me now.

Well my only request now is ^G should be listed along with the rest of the keys.

Message #14 received at 27980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 27980 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Tino Calancha <tino.calancha <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#27980: disabled-command-function should accept ^G
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2017 22:06:13 +0900 (JST)

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On Sun, 6 Aug 2017, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:

> OK ^G is working again for me now.
>
> Well my only request now is ^G should be listed along with the rest of the keys.
Well, C-g is somehow an universal way of cancel whatever interactive 
command.  It's assumed that any kind of prompt can be safely canceled with C-g.
That is  from lesson #1 in Emacs; i don't think we need to mention it in 
every prompt.

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