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In GNU Emacs 24.5.1, which comes with Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus the C-g does not abort the command like it used to do in earlier versions, which is annoying as it breaks the habit.

There is C-] command, which seemingly does the same thing, but keybindings help screen shows they are bound to the same command abort-recursive-edit.

How to return C-g it's previous behavior of aborting a command with input in minibuffer? Are there caveats in changing C-g?

Update: in emacs -Q, press C-x C-f as if to find some file, but then press C-g to abandon the attempt. "Quit" is seen briefly, but "Find file: ..." message is still there in minibuffer, while it is expected to go away, like is the case with C-] command. Of coure, C-x C-f is only an example. Same happens with other commands as well.

Roman Susi
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  • The question is not very clear. Please consider providing a recipe from `emacs -Q`, saying what you see and what you expected to see. Consider also filing an Emacs bug report: `M-x report-emacs-bug`. – Drew Jun 28 '16 at 17:45
  • Updated. I am not sure whether this is a bug or some new feature. – Roman Susi Jun 28 '16 at 20:39
  • `C-f` moves forward one character. Perhaps you meant `C-x C-f`? If so, what you describe is not what I see. Consider filing a bug report. – Drew Jun 28 '16 at 20:43
  • Sorry. Of course C-x C-f. – Roman Susi Jun 29 '16 at 07:20

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