Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you want to have some serious fun with a two finger typing friend at work, pop a couple of adjacent keys off the keyboard and replace them the wrong way around. Sit back and enjoy. :-) On 13/04/2006, at 4:58 PM, Emilio Perea wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 12:52:53AM -0400, Rei Shinozuka wrote: >> who made the dastardly decision to shanghai the Control-Key from its >> place next to the "A" down to the useless position near the bottom >> left and put in its important place the useless caps-lock key? >> i recall the dec vt220's could be bought with either "right" or >> "wrong" >> keyboard configurations. i don't understand how anyone can use >> emacs or vi with the wrong-way control setup. the escape key should >> also be just left of the "1" key. > > I'm pretty sure it was IBM, but don't remember on which model it was > first perpetrated. Toshiba kept the old layout on their laptops > longer > than most, but after a year or two of offering swappable <Ctrl> and > <CapsLock> keycaps, they accepted the unconditional surrender. > > A few weeks ago I indulged myself with an Avant Stellar keyboard > http://cvtinc.com/products/keyboards/stellar.htm > > This is too expensive (by non-Leica standards), but it uses the old > Alps > key switches that IBM used to use and all keys (except for the right > Ctrl) are programmable. A key puller and replacement <Ctrl> and > <CapsLock> keys are included. So I put the <Ctrl> and <Esc> keys > where > they belong, and then got carried away and moved a few more keys > around > so that now I'm not sure where <`~> ended up. Oh, yes, right where > right <Alt> was... > > BTW, as a vi user I don't understand how people can use emacs with any > keyboard layout whatsoever. :-) > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information