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CapsLock as another Ctrl (Windows)

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:20:00 +0000

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

Ubuntu: gVim in fullscreen

Sun, 29 May 2011 00:01:00 +0000

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.

remapping CapsLock to extra Control key

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 19:36:00 +0000

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

setting up my Acer Aspire One

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 02:13:00 +0000

Just got an Acer Aspire One (AO522); here are some things I bumped into with Windows 7 Starter, or otherwise interesting links:

Xubuntu issues encountered:

changing CapsLock to Ctrl in XFCE4

Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:26:00 +0000

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).

OmniOutliner annoying binding

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:35:00 +0000

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:

200 useful Macbook key shortcuts

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:57:00 +0000

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