On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, Dotan Cohen wrote:
On 29/12/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I really can't visualise what you mean here. You're using one hand to
> manipulate the fingers of the other, so you can type CTRL C with the
> left hand?
I think Ed means left-hand CTRL key, right-hand C key. That's not what
Tim suggested and it's not what I'd think of for a two-handed combination.
I can't resist pointing out that the Microsoft "innovation" of putting the
left control key to the left of the space bar is the devil's inspiration.
Long-time Unix hands and early PC users will remember keyboards with the
CTRL key next to the A, where God intended it to be. (You can still get
them from Sun, and I always swap my control and caps-lock keys in
Prefereces -> Keyboard -> Layout Options.
That makes one-handed control-key combos a *lot* easier, and it makes
using Emacs a dramatically different experience than otherwise.
Matthew,
Please, I'd like to keep this thread on topic. I very much need the
keyboard shortcuts in my Feodra box functioning. I'd appreciate it if
you'd start another thread to discuss the merits of different methods
of typing keyboard shortcuts. The Fedora list goes off topic very
easily and it won't be the first time that valuable threads are lost
in the noise.
Yeah, sorry, just couldn't resist. (I'm not the first one, and I'm sure I
won't be the last...)
If anybody has any information on helping me bind keyboard shortcuts
to the physical keys, and not to the letter that they represent (as I
use layouts other than US English) then I'd appreciate any tips.
Thanks.
OK Ob. original thread topic:
Have you looked at xmodmap and its GUI xkeycaps?
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
