From: Timothy Bennett <timothy.s.bennett@...>
Date: 2006-03-21T02:19:06+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Using emacs on Apple's PowerBook

On Mar 20, 2006, at 9:08 AM, ruben wrote:

>
> At Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:50:07 +0900, Timothy Bennett wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 20, 2006, at 8:38 AM, Nick Sieger wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I think many folks who spend long periods of time in emacs map
>>> capslock to
>>> control so that control is on the home row where it was  
>>> originally on
>>> keyboards before the ps/2 era came along.  I do that with all my
>>> machines,
>>> windows, os x, and linux alike :-)
>>>
>>> /Nick
>>
>> Yeah, I do that as well, and it's really not hard to hit Caps-Lock +
>> A, just shift the hand a bit.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>
> Like the original poster, I use the right control key. I'm just lost
> without a right control key. It's a habbit of course, but once you're
> used to it, it's hard to change.  Things like C-x C-f, C-a, C-e, C-g
> just seem to go easier with two hands.
>
> Ruben
>

Yeah, most of those would be awkward even using Caps Lock.  I hadn't  
really thought about that (I use a dvorak layout, and x, f, and g can  
all be reached with the right hand, and a and e aren't at all  
difficult to hit using just the left and Caps Lock).  Just trying to  
hit right control is really awkward for me on the standard mac keyboard.