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From: | Daniel B. |
Subject: | Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up? |
Date: | Thu, 09 Oct 2003 13:08:55 -0400 |
Sven Utcke wrote: > > "Daniel B." <dsb@smart.net> writes: > > >... > > Yes, but reconfigure your keyboard so that the Caps Lock key functions > > as the control key. (I'm assuming you're using a PC-style keyboard.) > > > > Emacs control-character sequences were designed when the standard place > > for the control key was just to the left of where the A key is (in the > > US layout). > > Well, considering where C-y is on an american keyboard (it's fine on a > German one, incidentially), makes one wonder if Emacs control > sequences where ever designed for anything but mnemonic value --- Most > of them certainly are in strange places. I didn't say they were designed based on the location of the shifted character's key. I just said that were designed when all Control keys where in the easy-to-reach left-of-A location (and that anyone using the regular Control keys on a PC-style keyboard would think they're harder to reach than they actual are with the control key in the right location). Daniel -- Daniel Barclay dsb@smart.net
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