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(kill-emacs) C-x C-e Pretty straightforward.

• doktrin 9y ago
  > (kill-emacs) C-x C-e > Pretty straightforward If this is a joke, it's totally whooshing over my head right now
  • omni 9y ago
    C-x C-e evaluates the Emacs Lisp expression before the point. This gives the same result as the much more obvious M-x kill-emacs, but with the added fun of writing and executing Lisp directly in whatever buffer you're in. So to close the editor, we've written some code in a weird ancient language into some random text file, fired up an interpreter that's probably so portable you can run it on a 1980s toaster, and executed an expression which we had to make sure was wrapped in those vile parentheses everyone loves to hate. Straightforward. But I just had to explain my own joke, so I'll go wallow in shame for the rest of the day. :(
    • doktrin 9y ago
      No don't feel bad! It's a good joke I was just sleepy when I responded :)