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   Digital Man to Nightfox   
   Pressing the Q key   
   17 Feb 25 15:49:54   
   
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     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 .", 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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