Description Daniel B. 2008-11-19 11:57:09 EST

Build ID: M20080911-1700

In Emacs key bindings mode, add a binding of Control-q to an equivalent
of Emac's quote-insert function.

This is a key Emacs function controlling the editor to make it
"just do it" when the user just wants to insert a character instead 
of having the editor do whatever extra it usually does when that 
character is typed (e.g., special new-line handling, tabbing/indenting, 
etc.)


More information:

One example use is forcibly inserting a tab character where Eclispe
would normally take a TAB keystroke as an Indent Line command.


Another is, say, suppressing Eclipse's automatic breaking of string
literals when Return is pressed (e.g., if you really just want to 
throw the text after the insertion cursor onto the next line 
temporarily to concentrate on the first part of the text).

(If that sounds too trival or too special-case:  Remember that the 
first job of an editor is to be an editor--that is, to let the user
edit the text into the form the user wants.  Even if it provides
fancy features that help most of the time, it should still provide
an escape mechanism for direct control of the text.)