Re: [dev] [patch] add Control-G and Control-D to dmenu

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Kris Maglione <maglione.k_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 08, 2010 at 10:22:05AM +0200, Uriel wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Connor Lane Smith <cls_AT_lubutu.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey,
>>>
>>> On 06/08/2010, Daniel Clemente <dcl441-bugs_AT_yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This adds C-d (delete next char) and C-g (abort) to dmenu. These keys
>>>> are
>>>> also used in programs like bash or Emacs.
>>>
>>> I've added C-d but not C-g, since it seems like an emacsism.
>>
>> Both are emacsisms as far as I can tell, and of little use (specialy
>> given ^C already aborts).
>
> So do Escape and ^[. C-g, unfortunately, is also used by mutt, which doesn't
> recognize <Esc> at all. C-d means EOF. It's always meant EOF and I've never
> known it to mean delete-char, although I'm aware that in emacs it does.

Indeed, ^D meaning anything other than EOF is an abomination.

>
>> For the 'canonical' list of Unix keybindings see: http://unix-kb.cat-v.org
>
> Whose canon?

My canon ;P

uriel

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