From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: ESC vs Meta for shifted keys Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:04:12 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <86zi248ceb.fsf@zoho.com> References: <86tvsiaoe3.fsf@zoho.com> <86fu3x6zy6.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1523822611 19004 195.159.176.226 (15 Apr 2018 20:03:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 20:03:31 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 15 22:03:27 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1f7nrz-0004qm-BM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:03:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39491 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1f7nu5-0000Nq-SU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:05:37 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 42 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ey7daRps1n1jd+mMaOEjpw.user.gioia.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:vSA/Xvxk6sV5QO/iquTX8UbNGMs= X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.3 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:222412 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:116530 Archived-At: Bob Proulx wrote: >> Here is how to disable caps and do something >> else with it in X: >> >> setxkbmap -option caps:none # disable caps lock >> xmodmap -e 'keycode 66=a' # rebind CAPS (66) > > I don't want to disable the key. I simply > remap capslock into a control key. I mean, you can disable the CAPS function and do something else with it. Here, it outputs 'a' but you can put your shell do do something, execute a function for example, based on the key that is outputted. But then 'a' is probably a poor choise as you'd want that for normal use still :) > I never used this keyboard in real life and > so only have the photo to go upon. The arrow > keys are g=up, h=down, j=left, k=right. > I don't see an Escape key anywhere on it. > Perhaps someone who used it might know and > comment. That would be awesome. It's quite > the keyboard. I once had I Sun keyboard with a whole extra set of keys to the left of the Ctrl, Shift, Caps Lock, Tab, '`', and Esc keys' column. At first I was excited about them, and I programmed them to do various things. But soon I realized it was meaningless because it was better to just use shortcuts instead of moving your hand that "far" to hit a single key. At that point, disappointed, I used my angle grinder to dispose of that part of the keyboard. -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573