The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)
Bob Bell
bbell at hp.com
Thu Jul 31 10:02:51 EDT 2003
On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:38:08AM -0400, Bill Freeman <f at ke1g.mv.com> wrote:
> 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: :^) )
^W <C-V> $U
Or more equivalently:
<C-V> ?( <enter> U
:-)
--
Bob Bell
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