C-z, C-c, job control commands [was: not good proposal: "C-z <letter>" reserved for users]

[tomas]

On Tue, Feb 09, 2021 at 09:13:13AM +0000, Gregory Heytings wrote:
> 
> >
> >Emacs is used on console by millions of people. Console itself
> >defines C-z as suspend of the job, so C-z is always expecte to
> >suspend the job for many programs, not only Emacs.
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >Those are common job control commands:
> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_control_%28Unix%29#Commands
> >
> 
> As you see on that page, C-c also has a standard meaning, which
> Emacs doesn't follow.  Besides, the proposal binds "C-z C-z" to
> "frame-suspend".

I have the hunch (but alas, no evidence) that C-c wasn't as wide
a consensus for "interrupt" back then as it is now. Possibly,
C-g was another contender (which would explain C-g's position
in Emacs today).

Something for the historians.

Cheers
 - t

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