From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: keyboard-translate working for Control but not for Alt Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:06:51 -0500 Message-ID: <--mdnfzSGKSnNebXnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@sysmatrix.net> References: <431b46e1-18f0-4124-b8b0-dd26500ae158@z4g2000prh.googlegroups.com> <96733ace-3b9c-4aad-a1de-d8ea5bf27ea2@o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249620198 20528 80.91.229.12 (7 Aug 2009 04:43:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 04:43:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 07 06:43:09 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MZHIL-000725-Gs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:43:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38769 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MZHIL-0005ny-0Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:43:09 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!backlog2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:06:18 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs In-Reply-To: <96733ace-3b9c-4aad-a1de-d8ea5bf27ea2@o13g2000vbl.googlegroups.com> Original-Lines: 27 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.131.94 Original-X-Trace: sv3-0o8DpzkLKhu55ZhEiVDbvYEdN5ekady+dNKGatAbh1j1ACM3POgh+riv74qF7akUcLn5117BEO+WoDP!rBqZpXvE8cT0LrlFYplntdz+dbdH65xQNTzkkbt25UuRWEA5KyhPBQxV8XB3jiCMSgZLLQXCeBhv!E50+3IA9TiXhfY/+ktKim3Hy2C3g4A== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 X-Original-Bytes: 2667 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:171733 comp.emacs:98546 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:66911 Archived-At: Elena wrote: > On 6 Ago, 18:34, "B. T. Raven" wrote: >> A conservative approach to Emacs ergonomics with a Dvorak keyboard on >> w32 is to pull the keycaps, including the bottom row and use Keytweak >> to reassign the mod keys: >> >> super alt ctl spacebar ctl alt super hyper > > What do you use the Hyper key for? > >> If all mod keys could be placed for easy access from the home keys and >> if there were some way to make the simultaneous pressing of 3 mod keys >> sticky (i.e allowing further mod keys to be stacked on top of them) then >> one could touch type things like shift control alt super hyper meta a > > Yes, Windows allows for sticky modifier: you can set that into > Accessibility options (Control Panel). > > Thanks. Yeah, I knew about that but I wanted them to be sticky dynamically, only if 3 were pressed simultaneously. Three plus an alphanumeric is about the limit for comfortable touch typing. As soon as the keychord is interpreted by Emacs they should become unsticky again.