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		jrockway on Dec 8, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The single most useful Emacs feature Well, it won't get you out of recursive edits. I remember visiting a coworker's machine before telling him about those, and the modeline was something like [[[[[[[[[[(CPerl)]]]]]]]]]]. ESC ESC ESC is a much better "get me out of here!" command to remember.

Semiapies on Dec 8, 2011 [–]

I haven't managed to get into such a position; I may not be as clever as your coworker.

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