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From: KFL@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU ("Keith F. Lynch")
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Subject: Re: XON XOFF and EMACS
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Date: Sat, 15-Mar-86 13:46:28 EST
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    From: george@gvax.cs.cornell.edu (George R. Boyce)

    The author(s) of (gnu)emacs have finally gave their
    blessing (?) to replacement characters for ^s/^q, they picked ^^ and ^\ ...

   I don't know about GNU Emacs, but in every Emacs I have heard of,
^^ meant controlify the next character.  For instance if you cannot
enter a ^Y for some reason you can enter ^^ followed by Y and that
will act just like a ^Y.  In fact that is how one searches on a system
that eats ^Ss, you use ^^S.
  Good luck FINDING ^^ and ^\ on any DEC keyboard.  Pressing ^ or \
while holding down CONTROL won't do it!  They are there, but they are
well hidden.

    Sorry, programs change every day of the week. That is the whole idea
    of software!

  User interfaces shouldn't change every day of the week.  Maybe
computers can be instantly told that all the keys mean different
things today, but people's fingers aren't so swift.  Especially since
commands should become automatic to the user, so he can concentrate on
what he is editing rather than on the mechanics of editing it.
								...Keith