The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)

[Bill Freeman]

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