From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Oleksandr Manzyuk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Can I make a useless key an additional Ctrl? Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:25 -0400 Message-ID: <336ea3f40903311035x260cad92j17b64b066700030d@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238525299 29583 80.91.229.12 (31 Mar 2009 18:48:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:48:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 31 20:49:37 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Loj1D-00032I-04 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:49:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45018 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Loizp-0007qB-Ec for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:47:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lohs4-0002XP-9c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lohrz-0002Lh-E4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57765 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lohrz-0002LV-8v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-gx0-f160.google.com ([209.85.217.160]:34314) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lohrz-0008S6-15 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:27 -0400 Original-Received: by gxk4 with SMTP id 4so3352928gxk.18 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:35:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=EhjZ2xBl6YVVeCmumcHMXhwcpDNL/LzvJ0rFC1eCVJU=; b=eGX2NqnCdPXVJnHws0dHDap+Ei1KOktM6tvCqzo5jwHgo7BzR6qqmSlJvutXZb50Gq l4TDLJU8LMWq3VLuP9pIUxhayW7z3mKywnfBXBTh6Oj2/dr7CVeq2TjjF+3lkUnJdUGV WkAidQWqRJZJczBb7TC+SWf28a5O0Xt7EZk6w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=gYzg/7whDORZuaBpy7guyI61p7w8GAghB4UrZKDLUf5SlTv8Bugp+ffXXruhqp7V3c GlcAVYBZ6OCHFNkmBgRdWrzziXpC/SFqTv5V/LCuNMNOInEN7B3Xek+QmQfoG9ojhnlj IK1CbCBTPsg8mWuzkpx3BIOmPsUDyXHIS/1fA= Original-Received: by 10.150.53.2 with SMTP id b2mr4398024yba.237.1238520926055; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:35:26 -0700 (PDT) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:47:15 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:63421 Archived-At: Hi, everybody! I apologize if my question does not belong to this mailing list. The keyboard of my laptop has a key that I do not use at all. How come? Well, it is a Toshiba laptop purchased in Germany, so originally it had a German keyboard, until I changed it to something looking like a US keyboard by attaching stickers to keys. In the German layout there was a separate key for < and > symbols; this key does not correspond to any key in the US layout. When I press it now (having chosen the US layout in Ubuntu keyboard settings menu) it does produce < and >, and so do Shift-, and Shift-. (as it should be in the US layout). The point is that this <> key is so conveniently located on the right of the Space that it is very tempting to make it an additional Ctrl key (my keyboard has no right Ctrl; having it would make working with Emacs even more pleasant and satisfying). Do you know if it is possible to remap this key to Ctrl? The potential problem that I see is that it generates the code of the symbol <, and I certainly don't want to lose this symbol (i.e., I don't want Shift-, to behave as a Ctrl...). I'm a total ignoramus in these questions, so maybe what I'm saying is stupid. Anyway, any help is appreciated! Thanks, Oleksandr