From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thad Floryan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: a key system to replace gnu emacs's 1000 default keybindings Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 16:52:18 -0700 Organization: ThadLABS Message-ID: <4FC16CB2.4080608@thadlabs.com> References: <5ee2582c-026b-4ab3-b5a7-c2d3e66ff511@oe8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <4d8a8454-22d9-44a3-9f57-7d5791534d30@t2g2000pbl.googlegroups.com> <4FC00690.9090200@thadlabs.com> <7db350db-3809-4ba1-97cd-c4b97357cd4c@pr7g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <4FC1677C.2090205@thadlabs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338076518 12054 80.91.229.3 (26 May 2012 23:55:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 23:55:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 27 01:55:17 2012 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 1SYQpF-0004zM-TA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 May 2012 01:55:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40181 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SYQpF-0001HW-KD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 May 2012 19:55:13 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin.stu.neva.ru!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Original-Lines: 22 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="Ffcll78vPb9FFcAvz2XZlA"; logging-data="10906"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+O/6Uhi9OL7qzjCEpiI7q/zRRGuRYh9xo=" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) In-Reply-To: <4FC1677C.2090205@thadlabs.com> Cancel-Lock: sha1:9X0L2jcw6eXJXvnvXj0FPEsUN6I= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:192602 comp.emacs:102489 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:85008 Archived-At: On 5/26/2012 4:30 PM, Thad Floryan wrote: > [...] > Precisely. Making the [Caps Lock] another [Ctrl] makes perfect > sense for anyone using Emacs and/or Bash. I want to additionally qualify the above: "... Emacs and/or Bash and types rapidly." I wear out junk keyboards from Dell, HP/Compaq, etc. in less than 3 months because I type fast, hard and for long periods of time. Good keyboards such as those on the Datapoint 3300, Datamedia DT/80, AT&T and Sun last seemingly forever, and my current keyboard: has survived 4 years now (since June 8, 2008) and shows no signs of any deterioration. And FWIW, I've been a touch typist since 1952 using a refurbished IBM electric typewriter that an uncle who worked for IBM gave me; that's 60 years now. :-)