>Relevant circumstances: This is NetBSD 1.2.  I'm using GNU Emacs 19.28
>on a pty (not an X window), and I frequently use the control-G key
>(which Emacs sets up to send a SIGINT) to abort commands whenever I
>change my mind during editing.

this also affects crontab -e, and possible also anything that throws
you into an editor to do a controlled edit of anything even remotely
priviledged.  vipw, chfn, etc, are candidates...

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