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documented behavior of backspace in dojo
commit436ec02ea997f8ec9114db14392a347f65bb6bb1 authorsyzygyzer <jon@tlon.io> dateThu 12 Sep 2019, 13:18 (7 years ago) parentd603866
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@@ -74,16 +74,18 @@ see this in action try entering `)` as the first character at the Dojo
7474prompt. Since there is no Dojo command or Hoon expression that starts
7575with ')', the Dojo rejects it.
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77−`Ctrl-x` - Switches the prompt between running console apps
77+`Ctrl-x` - Switches the prompt between running console apps.
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79−`Ctrl-c` - Crash current event. Processed at the Unix layer and prints a stack
79+`Ctrl-c` - Crash current event. Processed at the Unix layer and prints a stack.
8080trace.
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8282`Ctrl-d` - From Talk or Dojo, stops your Urbit process.
8383
8484`Ctrl-z` - Stops the Urbit process from _anywhere_.
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86−`↑` / `↓` - History navigation
86+`↑` / `↓` - History navigation.
87+
88+`Backspace` - Interrupts running commands. That is, if you have e.g. began a multiline Hoon expression and then press backspace, it will discard the already-written code, and if you press backspace while a request is still pending it will cancel it and print `! cancel /hand`.
8789
8890The following emacs-style key bindings are available:
8991