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RE: Keybinding styles (was: [External] : Re: Gitlab Migration)


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: Keybinding styles (was: [External] : Re: Gitlab Migration)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2021 15:55:33 +0000

> > On Mac I never had the problem because C-x/c/v and other system
> shortcuts are bound to the Command key, not Control. So I can use Emacs
> bindings with Control and system shortcuts with Command. Can we do the
> same in Windows and Linux? We can use the win key as Control for Emacs—
> seems that was where the Control key back in the day anyway.
> 
> Win+C, Win+X, etc. are hardly natural for MS-Windows users.

Yes.  If the point is to not have users need to
change the keys they use for this, between Emacs
and outside-Emacs, then using some other modifier
key than Control doesn't really help with that,
I think.

Same for substituting some other modifier key
for `M-' (typically defaulted to the Alt key).

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