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Re: undo character in emacs

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From: Juergen Nickelsen
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 18:42
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In article <4257@sapwdf.UUCP> wohler@hw1175.sap-ag.de (Bill Wohler)
writes:

>   if emacs runs on my aix machine (and as i recall, back when i had a
>   sun), C-- maps to C-_ and hence (undo).  this is great!
> 
>   however, when emacs runs on the dec and hp, C-- maps to RET.  this
>   isn't as convenient.

It is also very common that C-/ (which is, like C--, no ASCII
character) generates a C-_. This is the case with the DEC VT220/320
terminals and with Suns running X11. For me C-/ is convenient enough
for undo, perhaps this also works on your platforms.

Any chance for a pils? :-)

--
Juergen Nickelsen
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From: nickel@cs.tu-berlin.de (Juergen Nickelsen)
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Subject: Re: undo character in emacs
Date: 10 Dec 1992 18:42:17 GMT
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