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Registry change: http://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/emacs/windows/docs/ntemacs/contrib/caps-as-ctrl.reg From: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html

Under compiz window manager, you need an extra package, which is not installed by default in Ubuntu 11.04. I’ve set the keybinding through gnome settings, and that was not sufficient to have the fullscreen action work.

To that end, I found this link useful: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MovingTheCtrlKey#toc4 In *NIX: setxkbmap -option ctrl:swapcaps # Swap Left Control and Caps Lock setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps # Make Caps Lock a Control key

Just got an Acer Aspire One (AO522); here are some things I bumped into with Windows 7 Starter, or otherwise interesting links: http://www.instructables.com/id/Windows-7-Starter-Easy-way-to-change-wallpaper/ http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7desktop/thread/063bdfc6-6062-49b5-b34f-f7c413bb7f86 http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11243/how-to-personalize-windows-7-starter/ http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/16041/change-the-wallpaper-and-customization-settings-in-windows-7-starter-edition/ http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/10024-password-require-wakeup.htm Xubuntu issues encountered:

From: http://serverfault.com/questions/10437/how-do-you-swap-the-caps-lock-to-control-in-xfce Run this on startup: /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option “ctrl:nocaps” This can be placed in XFCE’s startup (Settings > Session and Startup > Application Autostart tab > Add button).

When I try to use Meta-Ctrl-< in Emacs while there is some text selected, OmniOutliner pops up and tries to insert the text as a “Default Clipping”, which is terribly annoying, to say the least. After some looking around it seems to be a “Service” that can be turned off:

http://www.usingmac.com/2007/11/21/mac-os-x-leopard-200-productivity-booster-hotkeys