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Re: Why use CTL-x CTL-c to quit instead of CTL-x CTL-q?
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Philip Kaludercic |
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Re: Why use CTL-x CTL-c to quit instead of CTL-x CTL-q? |
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Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:15:29 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com> writes:
> P.S. Do vi/vim users wonder why its key bindings don't correspond more
> strongly to common Windows, Mac or Unix/Linux interface standards? I
> rarely need to use vim, but if they changed the quit command (:q or
> :q!) I'd be completely lost. How would I ever get back to the shell
> prompt? Oh, right, C-z followed by kill(1).
I don't think so, as vi(m) is culturally more about the keys than the
software. People use vi(m) for vi(m), while many use Emacs for {org, magit,
whatever} and find Emacs to be an obstacle. Or that is at least how I
make sense of it.
--
Philip K.