qwerty layout shortcuts

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Fri, 29 Dec 2006, Dotan Cohen wrote:

> On 29/12/06, Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> 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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