Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 11:32:09 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Mark Ovens <marko@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: editors question #2 Message-ID: <20000817113209.A2065@physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <20000816200136.C254@parish>; from marko@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 08:01:36PM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001251536280.11748-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000126095411.B43103@freebie.lemis.com> <20000815142645.A37927@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20000816200136.C254@parish>
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Mark Ovens said on Aug 16, 2000 at 20:01:36: > On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 02:26:45PM +0100, j mckitrick wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 09:54:11AM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote: > > | The difference with Emacs is that you don't just use the shift key, > > | you also use the control and meta keys. This may take a little > > | getting used to (especially if you're using the standard broken > > | keyboard layout that replaces control with CapsLock), but if you have > > > > Where are ctrl and caps-lock *supposed* to be? > > > > Where do you want them to be? :) The traditional Unix locations are > the opposite to a std PC keyboard, i.e. Ctrl next to 'A' and CapsLock > below the LeftShift key. I remember the old PC-XT keyboards had them that way too. It changed with the bigger PC-AT keyboards. Who's to blame for the change? IBM? But now it's so standard I think there's little point in doing it any other way. Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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