On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 09:59:27PM -0400, Ken Weingold wrote:
> On Tue, Oct  8, 2002, rex wrote:
> > On Tue, 08 Oct 2002 at 06:10:11PM -0700, Michael Elkins wrote:
> > > Technically, control-G is not a valid command in that context.  It only
> > > works inside of prompts, and there is no help menu available when using
> > > the line-editor.  It would be misleading to put it elsewhere.
> > 
> > Rather a large number of people have trouble discovering it and it's an
> > essential command. IMHO, it ought to be easier to find.
> 
> Then why not put it in the Help line for newbies?

For the same reason that it shouldn't be put in the help menu.  The help
line is just a short form of the help menu.

Gary

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