Subj : Pressing the Q key
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Mon Feb 17 2025 15:49:54

  Re: Pressing the Q key
  By: Nightfox to Digital man on Mon Feb 17 2025 03:16 pm

 > Hi DM,
 >
 > I seem to remember reading somewhere (or discussing it on IRC?) that when a
 > user presses Q at a prompt, Synchronet interprets Q in a certain way - is
 > that correct?
 >
 > A user brought up an issue while using DDMsgReader, which I'm able to
 > reproduce - After responding to a personal email and saving it, Synchronet
 > says "E-mail sent to <user>.", then pauses for a key, showing "[Hit a key]",
 > and if they press Q at that point, I'm returned to DDMsgReader showing the
 > original message (as expected), but the header at the top of the screen
 > doesn't get re-drawn. I'm going to investigate further, but I was just
 > curious if Synchronet interprets a "Q" keypress a certain way (when pressed
 > at a pause prompt or any other prompt)?

Yes, hitting 'Q' (or the equivalent for the current language) or Ctrl-C while
at a pause prompt will set the console abort flag (e.g. console.aborted in JS).
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