From: Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com>
To: Stefan Vollmar <vollmar@nf.mpg.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Pressing C-X on mac
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 00:03:06 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMJ-YiQMrKOOVFdm951PrdVOthFqcPn4xu5yVRKhRtcOmAfFFQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8409B03B-C369-479D-90BD-7B08BBD90A24@nf.mpg.de>
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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
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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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-07-08 4:44 Pressing C-X on mac C K Kashyap
2011-07-08 4:52 ` Jai Dayal
2011-07-08 4:59 ` C K Kashyap
2011-07-08 5:56 ` Stefan Vollmar
2011-07-08 6:03 ` Jai Dayal [this message]
2011-07-08 6:26 ` Stefan Vollmar
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