From: Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com>
To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Control-C conundrum
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 14:53:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150604225335.GJ1917@mail.akwebsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878ubz9l8e.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com>
* Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> [150604 14:31]:
> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> writes:
>
> > * William Hatch <willghatch@gmail.com> [150604 07:36]:
> >> Another option you might consider if you have pain is using one of
> >> the modes that let you use 1 key at a time, such as evil (which I
> >> use), god-mode, etc. Then you can completely avoid holding
> >> modifiers, if that contributes to your pain. Also you can try
> >> sticky keys on your OS for similar effects. I don't know if it
> >> helps you, but it helps a lot of people.
> >
> > That is definitely something I am going to look into as an
> > alternative. In fact, my other editor (usually lauched from
> > Midnight Commander) is vim.
>
> Do you use GUI Emacs? If so, then another possibility is to map the
> keys that can't be mapped in the terminal. For example, C-; C-' C-#
> etc.
On the Mac I generally use terminal mode, and on netbooks via ssh I
am always using terminal mode.
C-; is the preferred alternative when I use GUI emacs.
> Like other have said, it often easier to use the modifier key at the
> other side of the keyboard. Also, on desktop keyboards it's often easy
> to hold down ctrl with the knuckle of the smallest finger.
On the HHL2 keyboard, control is right by my pinky. On the
netbooks I remap capslock to control via xmodmap so it is in the
same place.
thanks
--
Tim
http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-06-04 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-06-04 0:17 Control-C conundrum Tim Johnson
2015-06-04 0:44 ` John Mastro
2015-06-04 0:52 ` Tim Johnson
2015-06-04 13:55 ` William Hatch
2015-06-04 15:47 ` Tim Johnson
2015-06-04 22:12 ` Robert Thorpe
2015-06-04 22:53 ` Tim Johnson [this message]
2015-06-05 7:39 ` Eric S Fraga
2015-06-04 4:47 ` Bob Proulx
2015-06-04 11:47 ` Jonathan Groll
2015-06-06 17:45 ` Bob Proulx
2015-06-07 15:15 ` Jude DaShiell
2015-06-04 15:24 ` Tim Johnson
2015-06-04 15:44 ` Tim Johnson
2015-06-06 18:01 ` Bob Proulx
2015-06-11 1:33 ` Tim Johnson
2015-06-11 9:30 ` Haines Brown
2015-06-11 15:31 ` Tim Johnson
2015-06-12 19:25 ` Bob Proulx
2015-06-12 22:34 ` Eric Abrahamsen
[not found] ` <mailman.4776.1433986444.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-11 18:43 ` Joe Fineman
[not found] ` <mailman.4252.1433393266.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-07 4:22 ` Rusi
2015-06-07 20:42 ` Robert Thorpe
2015-06-11 1:28 ` Tim Johnson
[not found] <mailman.4247.1433377066.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-06-04 3:47 ` Stefan Monnier
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