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From: jacobson@fluke.UUCP (David Jacobson)
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Subject: Re: emacs under flow control
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Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 13:13:00 EDT
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> I have seen just plain '\' used for the quote character, which fits
> nicely with the shell and the standard 'C' convention. 

For users doing document preparations with TeX or LaTex '\' is
probably among the 5 most frequently used characters.  Making '\'
the quote character would mean having to remember to strike it
twice every time you wanted one.  I don't object to the extra
keystrokes as much as the ease of forgetting, which winds up just
leaving out the '\'.

  -- David Jacobson