From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: adamsonj@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs? Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:45:11 -0400 Message-ID: <87k5ft34mw.fsf@edna.homeunix.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215719469 18443 80.91.229.12 (10 Jul 2008 19:51:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:51:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: SomeDeveloper Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 10 21:51:55 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 1KH2B9-0006OG-0l for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:51:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35097 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KH2AH-0007Wz-KH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KH2A1-0007Wf-8x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KH2A0-0007WT-Ta for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56247 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KH2A0-0007WO-Ow for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:36 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv1.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.140]:42459 helo=smtp.unc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KH29z-0000fe-Iu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:50:36 -0400 Original-Received: from edna (cpe-071-065-251-182.nc.res.rr.com [71.65.251.182]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.unc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m6AJn8Ym007777; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:49:12 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (somedeveloper@gmail.com's message of "Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:22:57 -0700 (PDT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:55389 Archived-At: SomeDeveloper writes: > Saw an article or two on the Net ( > http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/effective-emacs ) where the authors > are recommending swapping CAPS and CTRL keys. Not sure if this by > itself would be enough, or if I would need to also break standard > typing rules? Sorry, forgot to fill this in: I do recommend making the key to the left of "A" a control key; it has saved me a lot of motion and increased my speed while using Emacs. However, it's hard to remember that for my wife's desktop, it's still Caps Lock, and sometimes I end up repeating my typing. Here's my .Xmodmap file (in case you're using a Unix-like system): clear lock !move the control function to the caps lock key keycode 66 = Control_L !make the menu key the Caps_Lock key !keycode 117 = Caps_Lock !move the menu function to the Left control key keycode 37 = Menu !add lock = Caps_Lock add control = Control_L With this modification, by chance, the "menu key" is now "M-x" Joel -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj http://trashbird1240.blogspot.com