From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Control-C conundrum Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 14:53:35 -0800 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: <20150604225335.GJ1917@mail.akwebsoft.com> References: <20150604154708.GF1917@mail.akwebsoft.com> <878ubz9l8e.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433458457 3850 80.91.229.3 (4 Jun 2015 22:54:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2015 22:54:17 +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 Jun 05 00:54:03 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0e1I-00039F-Iy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Jun 2015 00:53:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44418 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0e1H-0007HT-If for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:53:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49609) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0e17-0007HM-TS for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:53:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0e13-0000np-MN for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:53:41 -0400 Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:53156) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z0e13-0000nh-EJ for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2015 18:53:37 -0400 Original-Received: by tj49.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id A17CE631B862; Thu, 4 Jun 2015 14:53:35 -0800 (AKDT) Mail-Followup-To: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <878ubz9l8e.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Mac OS X 10.x X-Received-From: 64.4.232.191 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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 Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104759 Archived-At: * Robert Thorpe [150604 14:31]: > Tim Johnson writes: > > > * William Hatch [150604 07:36]: > >> Another option you might consider if you have pain is using one of > >> the modes that let you use 1 key at a time, such as evil (which I > >> use), god-mode, etc. Then you can completely avoid holding > >> modifiers, if that contributes to your pain. Also you can try > >> sticky keys on your OS for similar effects. I don't know if it > >> helps you, but it helps a lot of people. > > > > That is definitely something I am going to look into as an > > alternative. In fact, my other editor (usually lauched from > > Midnight Commander) is vim. > > Do you use GUI Emacs? If so, then another possibility is to map the > keys that can't be mapped in the terminal. For example, C-; C-' C-# > etc. On the Mac I generally use terminal mode, and on netbooks via ssh I am always using terminal mode. C-; is the preferred alternative when I use GUI emacs. > Like other have said, it often easier to use the modifier key at the > other side of the keyboard. Also, on desktop keyboards it's often easy > to hold down ctrl with the knuckle of the smallest finger. On the HHL2 keyboard, control is right by my pinky. On the netbooks I remap capslock to control via xmodmap so it is in the same place. thanks -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com