From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nikolaj Schumacher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How can I make my caps lock key act like a control key? Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:17:17 +0200 Message-ID: References: <18469011.post@talk.nabble.com> <874p6q2vkw.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com> <18488707.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216243143 21537 80.91.229.12 (16 Jul 2008 21:19:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:19:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: emacs615 Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 16 23:19:51 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 1KJEPd-00086m-E3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:19:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37497 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJEOk-0003oS-MY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJEOO-0003jE-I7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:32 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJEON-0003hw-Sm for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34421 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJEON-0003hT-Mg for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:45996) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KJEON-0005hf-Fs for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp08.web.de (fmsmtp08.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.216]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7692AE40833E; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:17:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [93.132.188.197] (helo=thursday) by smtp08.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1KJENC-0003pN-00; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:17:18 +0200 In-Reply-To: <18488707.post@talk.nabble.com> (emacs's message of "Wed\, 16 Jul 2008 07\:27\:50 -0700 \(PDT\)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2.50 (darwin) X-Sender: n_schumacher@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18qCDw3IIi5uD2tNzmdS/8HXGiuLR+KF6DHADn5 PeAFj5Bgsr2Ez60U2iaMz6iWUrAjf2qFY2h+gVwC9bLnptYnVN Pu9KwNySNC1cihttwNqw== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:55649 Archived-At: emacs615 wrote: > I followed your advice and I made a copy of the current keymap for editing > with this command: Okay, I honestly didn't parse all the letter salad in this thread :) but I thought I'd chime in with what I used to do years ago. There's no need to copy and edit keymaps, just do: loadkeys <