From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. Smith-Mannschott" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: keyboard for emacs? Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:51:23 +0100 Message-ID: <520CEC4B-7901-4072-BDD2-4B44E97A66BF@gmail.com> References: <1167188207.954542.311960@79g2000cws.googlegroups.com> <6vOdnfCJwPYHQw7YnZ2dnUVZ_rPinZ2d@io.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167324750 4200 80.91.229.10 (28 Dec 2006 16:52:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:52:30 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 28 17:52:29 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GzyUW-0002cg-GL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:52:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyUW-0004PS-0v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:52:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyTd-0003Vg-QD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:33 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyTa-0003RX-NZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyTa-0003RB-HB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.182.187] (helo=nf-out-0910.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GzyTZ-00049k-Rs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:30 -0500 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d4so5390414nfe for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:51:29 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=htzTgnyhLGHNK86Ir2/hzdOxM6JBLEzBSiBs4wOQcM6ETZfCQ9gQw5c+ia1CSpWDW7R8iTENzpqndSmBbdO0cLKiyyuV6KSSMCwsxMtQ2uskg9UgsxaGvpTaIbSv4GwYDCuemvrKZbKQi1W+IypsYH8coIyrsBrVtS05w5aKp1M= Original-Received: by 10.49.55.13 with SMTP id h13mr20801957nfk.1167324688782; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:51:28 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?172.30.16.235? ( [193.170.250.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id l27sm67187530nfa.2006.12.28.08.51.28; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:51:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <6vOdnfCJwPYHQw7YnZ2dnUVZ_rPinZ2d@io.com> Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) 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:39980 Archived-At: On Dec 28, 2006, at 16:11, Mark Geary wrote: >> Right. I've always been able to find shareware for DOS/Windows to do >> this. On Linux there's a few ways-- already built into Linux-- to >> swap >> Ctrl and CapsLock. > > Does anyone know how to do this on Mac OS X? Swapping the CapsLock and > the left Ctrl key only (leaving the right Ctrl as is)? I've just settled on remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl since I don't use Caps Lock. This can be accomplished via System Preferences >> Keyboard & Mouse >> Keyboard >> Modifier Keys. Maybe that's "good enough" [tm]? FWIW back in the old days (ADB) the mac never distinguished between left and right modifier keys. I don't know if this is still the case with USB keyboards. // ben