[ltp] Re: Ctrl key not in the good place

Paul RIVIER linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:13:57 +0000


after being using emacs for a month on my t42, my little finger asks me 
a better keymap as well ... maybe ibm (lenovo) deos not like emacs ...
 Is the ctrl key used in eclipse ;) ?



Hugo Santiago Carrer wrote:

>Jumping in....
>Can someone provide me with simple instruction set to exchange the
>ctrl key with the caps-lock one? I think it will increase my emacs
>command entering rate by quite a bit :)
>
>
>Thanks
>Hugo
>
>On 14/11/05, Wookey <wookey@aleph1.co.uk> wrote:
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>>+++ William Dode [05-11-14 13:48 +0000]:
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>>>Yes, but it doesn't resolv the problem of using others desktops...
>>>But somebody know why it's like that ?
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>>I don't know why IBM decided this was a good layout. It's the one thing that
>>really annoys me about an otherwise very nice machine. It's OK if you never
>>use anything else, but if you move about between machines/keyboards it's
>>very tiresome.
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>>The only good thing about it is that when you are somewhere very dark it is
>>easy to turn the thinklight on by hitting the keys in the opposite corners
>>of the keyboard (easy to find by feel).
>>
>>Wookey
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