From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Default Emacs keybindings Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 15:37:26 +0000 (GMT) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083701050 813 80.91.224.253 (4 May 2004 20:04:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 20:04:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue May 04 22:04:01 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BL693-0003Rb-00 for ; Tue, 04 May 2004 22:04:01 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BL693-0000cS-00 for ; Tue, 04 May 2004 22:04:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BL66Z-00055f-Q7 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 16:01:27 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BL5wD-0002QK-CL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 15:50:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1BL5v2-0000sy-Dr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 15:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [193.149.49.134] (helo=acm.acm) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BL5t6-0007LN-G3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 May 2004 15:47:32 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (root@localhost) by acm.acm (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA00310 for ; Tue, 4 May 2004 15:37:26 GMT X-Sender: root@acm.acm Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:22736 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:22736 On 4 May 2004, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> The Right Way to do this is to modify the Linux keyboard driver. >Any way which is unavailable to GNU/Linux *users* (as opposed to >administrators) can't be The Right Way. So editing a /etc/foobar >file is out of the question. Hmmm. OK, fair point. In that case, I'd suggest putting the said file in one's home directory. loadkeys doesn't (or, at least, didn't) require superuser privileges. I still say configuring the keyboard driver is the right way to go. > Stefan -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany)