Re: GNU Emacs raison d'etre

[Jean-Christophe Helary]

> On May 30, 2020, at 10:44, Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
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> 
>>> What does C-g mean? Why the sequence C-g specifically? I think the
>>> disconnect may be that C-g appears outwardly meaningless.
> 
> I will ask Greenblatt -- he might remember.

I'm sure it's interesting for historical purposes but as far as such 
keybindings are concerned the good thing is that we can find our own stories to 
remember them, and that's what matters.

I can remember C-[g]et out of here, as I hinted, and now I can remember C-why 
did [G]reenblatt chose this one ? And C-life is certainly [g]reener on the 
other side of the window, etc.


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