Re: Emacs for new users

[Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de>]

Per Starbäck <per@starback.se> writes:
> I wrote
>> As for CUA I just thought of something. What do you think about having
>> s-x, s-c, s-v, s-z do the CUA
>> thing in Emacs? Many people have keyboards with C-, s- and M- modifier
>> keys. Maybe it would be acceptable
>> for those used to these bindings that in Emacs you have to use another
>> modifier key with "the normal stuff"
>> since the usual "Alt key" is used by "special emacs commands"?
>
> I should have written "the usual Control key" in the last line of course!
>
> I've read up on what the "Windows key" is used for in MS Windows a
> little now, and realize
> this probably wouldn't be possible under MS Windows, but maybe in GNU
> where that extra modifier
> key often is "super" and not used for much.


Well, since this the case since I use Emacs (10 years now), I use that
modifier key.

It's the one key binding that never broke. I'd suggest to _not_ bind
anything to it by default.

Also, keep in mind that lots of keyboards don't have that key (e.g. some
IBM keyboards).





  Sebastian