The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)
Bill Freeman
f at ke1g.mv.com
Thu Jul 31 09:38:08 EDT 2003
Kevin D. Clark writes:
>
> Derek Martin <gnhlug at sophic.org> writes:
>
> > I have to agree. I can't fathom why so many techies/coders make such
> > comments... How do you type
> >
> > open( LOGFILE, O_RDWR | O_EXCL | O_CREAT | O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY | O_SYNC | O_NOFOLLOW,
> > S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IWGRP );
> >
> > without using CAPSLOCK? Only painfully, I would think...
>
> open( logfile, o_rdwr | o_excl | o_creat | o_nonblock | o_noctty | o_sync | o_nofollow,
> s_irusr | s_iwusr | s_irgrp | s_iwgrp );
> C-p C-a M-f
>
> and then hold down the M-u key for a while.
Or, in this particular case, after typing the semicolon (or at least
the close parenthesis):
C-@ C-M-B C-X C-U
You may have to follow this with a space (or a "Y" or a "!") if
C-X C-U is in its default disabled state.
So I guess that what we're saying is that people who don't use
emacs need Caps-Lock, because their editors are toys? (For the humor
impaired: :^) )
Bill
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