Re: Pressing C-X on mac

[Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de>]

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Dear Jai,

do you actually use capslock in the original way in some applications? - There might be a convenient way to map capslock for selected applications if you use tools like "Keyboard Maestro" (commercial). It is probably not possible to do within Emacs: if you press C-h k CAPSLOCK you do not get a key mapping (provided capslock is not mapped to some other modifier key) and - I think - this would be required for a mapping within Emacs (I might be wrong).

Warm regards,
 Stefan


On 08.07.2011, at 08:03, Jai Dayal wrote:

> I see.  Is there a way to change the functionality of caps and ctrl in emacs, or does it have to be a system-wide switch?
> 
> Jai
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> On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de> wrote:
> Dear Kashyap,
> 
> I have mapped Capslock to Control - which is very easy to do on the Mac: System Preferences, Keyboard, Modifier Keys (bottom right on the keyboard tab) - and find that more convenient than using the original Control key on any other keyboard I have used before. But this is a matter of taste to some degree, of course.
> 
> Warm regards,
>  Stefan
> 
> On 08.07.2011, at 06:59, C K Kashyap wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Jai ... I'll give it a shot ... and perhaps try and get back to the regular HP/Dell laptop :)
> > Regards,
> > Kashyap
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Unfortunately the mac only comes with 1 ctrl key.  Several people dislike pressing ctrl in general, and have changed some key bindings so that capslock functions as ctrl and ctrl fxns as capslock.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 10:44 PM, C K Kashyap <ckkashyap@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I am having trouble pressing C-X on my macbook - I use the left thumb to hold down the ctrl key and then press the other key in the chord. Is there a better way to do it?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Kashyap
> >
> >
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Dr. Stefan Vollmar, Dipl.-Phys.
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Max-Planck-Institut für neurologische Forschung
Gleuelerstr. 50, 50931 Köln, Germany
Tel.: +49-221-4726-213  FAX +49-221-4726-298
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