RE: GNU Emacs raison d'etre

[excalamus]

28 mai 2020 à 02:13 de drew.adams@oracle.com:

>> >We made this very simple a few years ago: Just keep typing C-g.
>> >I guess these users don't know that.
>>
>> Sometimes they know that, but it's still stressful for them to have to
>> do it. 
>>
What does C-g mean? Why the sequence C-g specifically? I think the disconnect 
may be that C-g appears outwardly meaningless.

For contrast, <escape> clearly means to retreat and is often used in other 
applications to cancel (e.g. vi).  C-h is related to help via the 'h', which 
makes it easy to learn/remember. 

So why 'g'?