From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs Subject: Re: capslock changes control characters? Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:18 -0500 Message-ID: References: <7A3695BB-0265-4CDE-BAE4-2395FE14792F@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204553001 32011 80.91.229.12 (3 Mar 2008 14:03:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:03:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org To: David Reitter Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 03 15:03:44 2008 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 1JWBGX-0004sK-4h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:03:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWBG0-0001Rk-AY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:03:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWBFJ-0001AG-Jl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:25 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JWBFH-00019K-PW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:25 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JWBFH-00019E-LM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWBFH-0006tD-CX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:23 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.gnu.org ([199.232.76.166] helo=mx10.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1JWBFH-00089J-0M for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWBFD-0006s0-UP for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:22 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JWBFD-0006rk-Jq for emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:19 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAGqTy0fO+LKX/2dsb2JhbACsKIEA X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,438,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="15487690" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP; 03 Mar 2008 09:02:18 -0500 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([206.248.178.151]) by smtp.pppoe.ca (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id JRF34418; Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:02:18 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id A1C438279; Mon, 3 Mar 2008 09:02:18 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <7A3695BB-0265-4CDE-BAE4-2395FE14792F@gmail.com> (David Reitter's message of "Mon, 3 Mar 2008 10:38:26 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:91175 gmane.emacs.pretest.bugs:21396 Archived-At: > (You may criticize the useless Caps Lock key, you may comment on the poor > choice of the C-x B key-binding (it's only an example), but one has little > control over these things one for various reasons.) `xmodmap' will quickly and effectively get you rid of the caps-lock pest and replace it with the much more useful `control' key. Stefan