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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