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Re: A proposal for the keybindings issue

Subject: Re: A proposal for the keybindings issue
From: Bill Janssen <email@hidden>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 10:57:18 PST
Comments: In-reply-to Harald Hanche-Olsen <email@hidden> message dated "Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:46:20 -0800."

> So I never
> got really infected with this infestation of the Alt key everywhere.
> On the other hand, emacs without a meta key is hell on earth.

I'm in the same boat.  Rarely if ever press the Alt/Option key, but
map CapsLock to Control, and use the Apple key for Meta.  Only sane
way to live, IMHO.

I believe the Alt infestation comes from Linux software developed by
people who grew up on Windows instead of Unix, but that's just a
theory.

Bill
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