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## Abort Character

The abort character (CTRL-G by default) is special and should not be rebound. On the IBMPC, the keyboard interrupt 0x09 is hooked and a quit condition is signaled when it is pressed. For this reason, it should not be used in any keybindings. A similar statement holds for the other systems.

This character may be changed using the function `set_abort_char` Using this function affects all keymaps. For example, putting the line

          set_abort_char (30);

in your `jed.rc` file will change the abort character from its current value to 30 which is CTRL-`^`.