Re: Control-C conundrum

[Tim Johnson]

* John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com> [150603 16:50]:
> Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> > Here's my problem :
> > I have severe arthritis in my thumbs. When I use fingers in my left
> > hand, bending down to reach the "c" key, I will shortly experience a
> > lot of pain in the base of my left thumb.
> >
> > I can easily switch to C-l or C-o as the first keystroke for all
> > prefix definitions just by redefining 'tj-leader.
> >
> > I'm aware that major or minor modes may use C-l or C-o, but I don't
> > have any of the thumb pain when I use either C-l or C-o.
> 
> I say go for it (change `tj-leader' to `C-l' or `C-o'). If there are
> important conflicts, you'll find them and figure out an alternative.
> 
> > One work-around that I have been considering is add-hook'ing an
> > alternative binding (say, in place of C-o => C-o C-o) if I use a
> > mode that remaps C-o.
> 
> Sounds reasonable to me. Since you're talking about rebinding a single
> key, I don't think there will be an unmanageable number of conflicts.
> 
> I can't think of any minor modes that rebind `C-l' at the moment,
> although I'm sure they exist.
  Thanks, John.
  cheers
-- 
Tim 
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