Re: local variables in mail messages (was: SC 2.2)

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From: Lars Henrik Mathiesen
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 13:30

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jbw@maverick.uswest.com (Joe Wells) writes:
>    (let ((inhibit-quit t))
>      (y-or-n-p "Foo? "))

>Press C-g when you see the prompt in the minibuffer.  Your Emacs is then
>irretrievably lost (although you can auto-save).

Not irretrievably ... I can get out of it by pressing y or n
repeatedly. After a random number of tries (2 to 10), one somehow gets
through to the y-or-n-p. (I'm running 18.55 under X11R4 on a MORE/bsd
HP 9000/340; your mileage may vary.)

--
Lars Mathiesen, DIKU, U of Copenhagen, Denmark	     [uunet!]mcsun!diku!thorinn
Warning: This article may contain unmarked humour.		thorinn@diku.dk

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