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Effective Emacs
- mhb 17y agoWhy not bind <Ctl> to caps-lock instead of swapping them - have <Ctl> on both keys? Except for the rare people who actually use caps-lock.
- metajack 17y agoThat's exactly what I always do, and is easily done in both Mac OS X and in most Linux distributions.
- dimitar 17y agoIn GNOME 2.24: "Keyboard Preferences" > "Layouts" > "Layout Options" > "Ctrl key position" > "Make CapsLock an additional Ctrl" OR "Swap Ctrl and CapsLock" You can use the same utility to swap Esc and CapsLock.
- silentOpen 17y agoBroke my xmonad. :-(
- litewulf 17y agoBecause this frees up the ctrl key to be an extra backspace!
- capablanca 17y agoThis is so fucking old.
- jan_g 17y agoIt's not old, it's just wrong to emphasize _the tool_ so much. Don't know about the author, but being productive doesn't equal being masterful typist. I had a member of the team, who was above average productive in notepad (yes, notepad!) and I also had someone who was below average productive in emacs (I always let the programmers decide, what tool they use). And I am not talking about being fast, but about producing quality code.
- jcl 17y agoWhile it could have been better phrased, he is correct that the "Effective Emacs" post is old and well-known. It's been mentioned dozens of times on HN -- so it's a little surprising that no one had yet submitted the link. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=yegge+emacs+site%3Anews.ycombinator.com&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=yegge+emacs+site%3A...
- travisjeffery 17y agoIf you're just learning Emacs this is an essential piece of literature to read to get you up to snuff on Emacs. And always good to check back everyone once and a while for experts.
- swombat 17y agoItem 1: Swap Caps-Lock and Control On Mac OS X (Panther and Jaguar) you need to install a modified keyboard driver... No you don't. Just open your Keyboard&Mouse preferences, select the "Keyboard" tab, and click on the "Modifier Keys" button...
- almost 17y agoYou did when he wrote that article. And it was a right pain too...
- mhb 17y agoFor Windows, KeyTweak looks like a helpful free utility for remapping the keyboard: http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/ http://webpages.charter.net/krumsick/