From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs for new users Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:46:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <912155b0911230837i48326730m82e0d54d4004be59@mail.gmail.com> <4p4rt6-2ne.ln1@lesharris.com> <485b0c380911231316o72b32465m4444dbadf59aca9e@mail.gmail.com> <912155b0911231406j47893a76p6e94e929f39fe8ae@mail.gmail.com> <912155b0911231443t27cebcfetf7c61e5de9ccd7da@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259016450 4198 80.91.229.12 (23 Nov 2009 22:47:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Les Harris , Stephen Eilert , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: =?UTF-8?Q?Per_Starb=C3=A4ck?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 23:47:23 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NChgm-00063G-GY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:47:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49909 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NChgl-0003bG-OL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NChgg-0003av-EN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:14 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NChgb-0003Zv-Ls for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48493 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NChgb-0003Zq-CU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-gx0-f212.google.com ([209.85.217.212]:52152) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NChga-0001g9-Kt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:47:08 -0500 Original-Received: by gxk4 with SMTP id 4so12817607gxk.8 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:47:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7NktMVGKo0GF6QKjvpSRld5Vr4xnsqZ3K95QJZpypJA=; b=aahz08rlcgZYnJhLzLior9Vbj3spwlpxzbvQYFGzkKz2bTuSIvwRdaIgWR8klrGSPV /mu3WuAt8gMGELfuvkv61bKA6FjUrzCOx9RjUuIiokmiT9n7qdIbIB9NdF93pOHVWlzs 3yLacq609nTxKZLAZEETbis9ueDCTt40eVfbQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=eTXNb43XWWf8MolujwZbpscSVa9Eg6sECU7GFBGkzFcA45IlndfL/3h/apDz6qslov xMFi/IuSLrjDGeOfCB6DFIoi/fVJ0hnEaPZrvtWCcKGSlUaOWM5BrY6EWUTXVTRb8qIC FOlEoxVtPOKB8YAIr57afm5hR7qeRty+grTBg= Original-Received: by 10.101.3.1 with SMTP id f1mr4234948ani.85.1259016428089; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:47:08 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <912155b0911231443t27cebcfetf7c61e5de9ccd7da@mail.gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117647 Archived-At: On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:43 PM, Per Starb=C3=A4ck wrote= : > 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. It is possible to use the Windows left and right keys in Emacs on MS Window. You need currently a patched version of Emacs for it to work correctly though. Those patches are in the Emacs+EmacsW32 distribution.