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From: mcc@ETN-WLV.EATON.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
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Subject: Re:  ^O in EMACS
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Date: 1 Nov 88 23:01:27 GMT
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Thanks to everyone who responded and informed me the function of ^O; however,
the question was more specifically "why?".  In a rhetorical vein, why does
EMACS, in general, use standard control characters as application dependent
function characters?  Why would any application?