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Re: Meaning behind Control-G
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Meaning behind Control-G |
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Mon, 01 Jun 2020 09:44:29 -0400 |
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> Now, why TECO uses Control-G for "quit", I don't know. ASCII "BEL" as
> an "alarm" is a plausible theory, but hard to verify. In general
> there's no strong link between control characteras as inputs and their
> corresponding output behaviour.
FWIW, the link between C-g and "BEL" is pretty clear: it must be
[G]raham [Bel]l
Stefan