From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gustaf Erikson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using the `Win' key as `Ctrl' in Emacs? Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:40:10 +0200 Organization: Read Free News Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87smct56it.fsf@ultra5.pricerunner.com> References: <20040616222510.230014f5.tootiny@163.com> <878yen9lv8.fsf@ultra5.pricerunner.com> <20040617155146.2cc7b509.tootiny@163.com> <873c4t6ymk.fsf@ultra5.pricerunner.com> <20040618201440.41b57a0b.tootiny@163.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1088536750 21059 80.91.224.253 (29 Jun 2004 19:19:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:19:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 29 21:18:42 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 1BfO7t-0005hl-00 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 21:18:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BfO9Z-0002AQ-7E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:20:25 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!news.glorb.com!green.octanews.net!news-out.octanews.net!authen.yellow.readfreenews.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AHy5s7yFnd/CLMH0A/s8+tFDUh8= Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 18 Jun 2004 08:40:10 CDT Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 171b52c2.authen.yellow.readfreenews.net Original-X-Trace: DXC=0n?OCUedAlR3J1>hF^h>XRbQ9WE0<:bMeNP<5\9dZ65MM\J\o91VBejoZ>m]1C\Go@kZJT@NI0TbO3U Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@readfreenews.com Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:123824 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19185 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19185 Xiaoyong Jin writes: > On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:47:47 +0200 > Gustaf Erikson wrote: [snip] >> Original Unix had the Control key where the CapsLock key is >> now. Allegedly MS moved Control to the bottom left corner to kill >> WordStar or something :-) > > Ah, it's the first time I hear about it. To be frankly, I never > use the CapsLock key, and for a long time I was wandering why > someone put this useless key here. ;-) > Thank you for your detailed explanation. I now think that I'd > better get used to it. Cool! > By the way, do you not use the right Control key? Not very often, no. /g. -- Gustaf Erikson * mobile 0733387618 * http://symbiandiaries.com/gustaf MS-Windows: Flawed beyond belief.