From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Maciek Pasternacki Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs for everything? Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:33:56 +0100 Organization: Towarzystwo Message-ID: <87oehngf63.fsf@lizard.king> References: <87pt2ej98v.fsf@node1.ddorf.de> <87zn1g2t5j.fld@barrow.com> <876540gxzw.fld@barrow.com> <86brdqp4au.fsf@ketchup.de.uu.net> <87d5y3994r.fsf@informatik.uni-freiburg.de> <87hdnfbdek.fsf@lizard.king> <41A499D4.3000400@conectiva.com.br> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101328487 31964 80.91.229.6 (24 Nov 2004 20:34:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:34:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 24 21:34:38 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CX3qX-0007TQ-00 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:34:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CX3zg-0007SE-4P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:44:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CX3zV-0007S5-TO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:43:53 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1CX3zV-0007Rk-9L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:43:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1CX3zV-0007RZ-5D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:43:53 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CX3px-0005Hz-J8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 15:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CX3pw-0006Ji-00 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:34:00 +0100 Original-Received: from leeloo.ds.pg.gda.pl ([153.19.223.131]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:34:00 +0100 Original-Received: from maciekp by leeloo.ds.pg.gda.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:34:00 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: leeloo.ds.pg.gda.pl X-japhy-version: 21.935 X-Favourite-Drink: Cherry-Coke X-Favourite-Pizza-Place: Anker X-Jabber-Id: maciekp@japhy.fnord.org X-Balcerowicz: Musi odejsc! X-Fnord: xefitra X-Face: "z$0S%vIy|*@uf~&cUy(t.|Ww`"[=wFe(FAC->(lhsd_}0Y\^STZ&LL%W~ikh(=7DBY*>LV )*~d, +@xH3!+USJ8tt"etVnco#l:Yg.'1QEoqEb'aft~ 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: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:22284 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:22284 On Prickle-Prickle, The Aftermath 37, 3170 YOLD, Leonardo Boiko wrote: >> I use XKB though to switch my Caps Lock and left Ctrl key (like Sun >> keyboards have) -- this one I found in docs. ;) In Emacs it makes >> *big* difference. > > Who needs Caps Lock anyway? Instead of switching, I just bind it as > another Control. Then, if by reflex I use the old Control, it's still a > Control. Caps lock is sometimes useful. E.G when typing SQL or Lisp code -- I don't like to have to hold shift when typing keywords (well, maybe I could do Emacs tricks like `turn preceding n words to uppercase'... well... *click* C-h i g (emacs)...). While both these languages are case-insensitive so I could just use lowercase, I prefer to stay consistent wrt style with code written by respective language gurus. -- __ Maciek Pasternacki [ http://japhy.fnord.org/ ] `| _ |_\ / { ...Read some Kerouac and it put me on the tracks ,|{-}|}| }\/ to burn a little brighter now... } \/ |____/ ( Fish ) -><-