From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Amy Templeton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Rebind backspace to modifier Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:51:50 -0400 Message-ID: <87k5w07361.fsf@gmail.com> References: <1177080377.434817.319650@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1177523249 19489 80.91.229.12 (25 Apr 2007 17:47:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:47:29 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 25 19:47:22 2007 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 1HglaK-0005CJ-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:47:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hglfx-0007K2-QW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:53:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hglfk-0007Jx-AW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:52:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hglfh-0007Jl-Tz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:52:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hglfh-0007Ji-OO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:52:53 -0400 Original-Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.250]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hgla3-000145-0s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b8so156678ana for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:47:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:subject:references:x-now-playing:x-at&t-hype:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=k3HKyRtJ61dZwEx7y8H3HIpPR38dNlRGvgR5wg9v+6dW+uvsTgLtNRro6BWabl1PuDUDD+z0kV21wgXHyjpyoY73DqMa0WVNip0mrpq5BDkktAuPN9ZsnCAnOUJcZEncpkg2z0oTrh5/q1bwcZSewkrgafBq3M+D+pEYO2Uf3aM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:from:to:subject:references:x-now-playing:x-at&t-hype:date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=F/YRPiyArsTuKalMfyCheRoUQOeKOBSJRWvG0EO7k8opQOCjyUZbm+1zH8wzqGeBxQ8dZ47v66wKMAUPfFwLGmffnLjqMf6FV4VttJpj6M8rI6AMTheS2SbdBDbtGOez8TP2p9P24+4P6PoMWzTFTM1r9oyKe43c5qQJvy6dqmo= Original-Received: by 10.100.254.10 with SMTP id b10mr410111ani.1177523222399; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:47:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost ( [132.162.245.109]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id c27sm830836ana.2007.04.25.10.46.45; Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:46:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Now-Playing: Rasputina - Wicked Dickie X-AT&T-Hype: Have you ever been assaulted by crazed Indonesian traffic cops while turning yourself inside out? Or removed someone you saw at a party through the use of bad karma? Or had 29 toilets eat your foot? You will. And the company that will bring it to you: AT&T. In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:04:01 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.97 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:43183 Archived-At: > I'd like to know if there is a way to rebind backspace to be a super > or hyper modifier. If you're on a GNU/Linux system (or other system running X, you might check out the utility xmodmap. It allows you to globally redefine keys in X. So for example, I've used it to put control where caps lock used to be, Hyper on right alt, and add a 3rd-level shift and a prefix key that eases inserting accented characters. Amy