From: Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: swap CapsLock and Ctrl only in Emacs
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:09:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <uac8h5vex.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2846.1150169750.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Under X the solution is easy - you re-map the keys at the X level
>> using utilities like modmap.
>
> Which will swap the keys in all X applications--contrary to what the
> OP wanted.
Really? I can use xmodmap with certain bindings that affects just the
program I start right there. Something like this:
$ xmodmap modmapfile | emacs
(Unsure about the syntax)
>> For Windows, its a lot trickier as you either have to install a new
>> driver or hack the registry.
>
> Which isn't harder than using xmodmap: Google will find gazillions of
> articles on how to do the registry ``hack'' easy way.
It is "harder" because you have to restart (log out is not enough).
> Anyway, none of these solutions are limited to Emacs alone, which is
> what the OP wanted.
True.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-13 8:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-12 8:13 swap CapsLock and Ctrl only in Emacs tury.peter
2006-06-12 10:37 ` Tim X
2006-06-13 3:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.2846.1150169750.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-06-13 4:12 ` B. T. Raven
2006-06-13 9:24 ` Stein Arild Strømme
2006-06-13 8:09 ` Mathias Dahl [this message]
2006-06-12 14:51 ` B. T. Raven
2006-06-12 14:59 ` Chris McMahan
2006-06-13 7:48 ` tury.peter
2006-06-13 8:21 ` Mathias Dahl
2006-06-21 2:14 ` sean.ohalpin
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