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From: lisar@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM (Lisa Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Absolute line jump method?
Message-ID: <7140002@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM>
Date: 30 Aug 89 20:05:27 GMT
References: <8908282211.AA19556@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov>
Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
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> NEVER use ^G as the second character of a command sequence. If you do,
> then how would you ever abort an initial ^C. I suppose you COULD type
> a character known to be bogus, but that's what ^G is supposed to be:
> a character that aborts any key sequence.

I agree; this could make your life difficult.  But binding it to ^Xg or ^Cg 
works well.

Lisa Rogers
lisar@hpfclp.sde.hp.com