I would guess that the simple use of 'g' for refreshing was inspired by the
Emacs buffer list (induced by C-c C-b; you enter "Buffer Menu" mode while in
that *Buffer List* buffer's window).

Discovering 'g' for the buffer list took me a long time, but I was so
delighted when I did.

-Tommy
On Jan 12, 2011 1:33 PM, "Suvayu Ali"
<fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com<fatkasuvayu%2Blinux@gmail.com>>
wrote: