From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: tyler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs? Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:13:40 -0300 Message-ID: <87d4ljkipn.fsf@blackbart.sedgenet> References: <699da692-853f-4d21-9d96-fb230ddac6ad@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215825285 28817 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2008 01:14:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:14:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 12 03:15:29 2008 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 1KHThv-0003UJ-Gp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:15:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47656 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KHTh2-0005Vu-Kv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KHTgk-0005VS-N9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KHTgj-0005VC-1v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:14:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59319 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KHTgi-0005V7-Ri for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:14:12 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:59870 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KHTgi-0007Lm-Kl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:14:12 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KHTgf-0007Xq-Pg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:14:09 +0000 Original-Received: from hlfxns0149w-142177088170.ns.aliant.net ([142.177.88.170]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:14:09 +0000 Original-Received: from tyler.smith by hlfxns0149w-142177088170.ns.aliant.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:14:09 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 31 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: hlfxns0149w-142177088170.ns.aliant.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8K1I0qklJIOGBUMP+QhZGdQ0wY8= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:55453 Archived-At: Memnon Anon writes: > > Thanks for your question! You reminded me of an idea I once > had and I am again investigating if it works somehow. > Using my Thinkpad X30, the mouse buttons are right > under my thumbs. (Alt/Meta really is not!) > So I try to find a way to map mouse 1 or 3 (pressed) + > any key to Control + any key and mouse 2 (pressed) + > any key to Alt/Meta + any key. > > This would be really convenient, at least on my board. > Still found no really solution to do this. > Any suggestions are really appreciated! I would love to be able to use those three mouse buttons that fall right under my thumbs instead of (or in addition to) the alt/ctr/hyper keys. Does anyone know if this is possible? Cheers, Tyler -- "Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want. These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure... less stable and run slower... And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're working against you." --Bruce Schneier http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html