Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:00:49 +0200 From: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> To: George Hartzell <hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop recommendations? Message-ID: <20040928070049.GD626@loge.nixsys.be> In-Reply-To: <16728.36042.147168.928629@satchel.alerce.com> References: <20040927111438.GA865@genius.tao.org.uk> <1096290034.23046.82.camel@linux-mobile.example.net> <20040927143811.GA87515@sysmon.tcworks.net> <4158338A.9090309@pythonemproject.com> <E36A4F72-109E-11D9-BBA6-000D936BE398@bis.midco.net> <16728.33607.716813.703551@satchel.alerce.com> <1096320933.42513.9.camel@server.mcneil.com> <16728.36042.147168.928629@satchel.alerce.com>
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On 2004-09-27 14:57:30 (-0700), George Hartzell <hartzell@kestrel.alerce.com> wrote:
> Sean McNeil writes:
> > On Mon, 2004-09-27 at 14:16, George Hartzell wrote:
> > > Except for the D#@% caps lock key. It's IN THE WRONG PLACE and apparent
> > > best tool for swapping it around (uControl) doesn't work reliably and
> > > the dang led stays on anyway....
> >
> > Huh? I'm looking at my powerbook right now and the caps lock key is in
> > the exact same place as it is on my logitec keyboard and my compaq laptop.
> > Only difference that I see is the backspace key says delete and there is
> > no "delete" key that kills the character on the cursor.
>
> Yeah, I'm an old weirdo [who also uses emacs a lot].
I feel your pain :-P
> I grew up with the control key being that big sucker just to the left of the
> 'A' key, and reaching down and under to the bottom row bothers my left
> wrist/hand.
A lot of people look at me very strangely when I tell them that I map 'that
big key' (whether it's a control on unix keyboards or a capslock on newer pc
keyboards) to send escape. It makes working in vi a lot more fun :-)
- Philip
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