[comp.emacs] Control-Command binding

chet@arc.UUCP (Chet Wood) (02/02/90)

>>>>> On 31 Jan 90 19:08:50 GMT, ckd@bu-pub.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) said:

christopher> I think it should be made configurable, with at least the
christopher> following choices:

christopher> (1) [The Mac Plus/older machines] Command = Control,
christopher> Option = special characters, Cmd-Shift = keyboard
christopher> commands.  [the way it is now]

	Why not Option = Control on the Plus, and Command = Meta?
	I have my mac kermit bound this way, and it is quite nice.
	Those keys are much closer to where the control and meta keys
	are on my sun at work. Command as control is very awkward.

	I can't see a need to insert special mac option characters in
	a text editor. If I need to do that, I'll use a word
	processor. Well, most of the time, anyway.

christopher> Preferably we would see some kind of config dialog box
christopher> where one could check boxes for Control, Command, Shift,
christopher> and Option for the Control, Meta, special-char and
christopher> keyboard-command roles...so if I decided I wanted
christopher> Control-Shift to be Meta, and Control to be special-char
christopher> (well, maybe not, but you get the idea).

	Yes. Like in mac kermit. But with instructions, like "how to
	get Option-Cmd to act like Control-Meta." ( I managed to
	figure it out. )

Sorry if I'm missing anything-- I think I came in in the middle of
this conversation.

Chet.
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