Re: reading a ^G

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From: Jamie Zawinski
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1991 19:10

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Thanks to all who answered.  The trick is to reset quit-flag after reading
the ^G, but within the scope of inhibit-quit.  As in

   (let ((inhibit-quit t))
     (prog1 (read-char)
       (setq quit-flag nil)))

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Subject: Re: reading a ^G
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