What does you right alt key do instead? When you press Right alt + x, what happens? Devin Prater r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:59 PM Linux for blind general discussion < blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings! > > > I started out with Emacs back in 2005 or so, but until lately have used > Vim exclusively. I'm once again trying to learn Emacs, partly because > of some of its extras and partly because I'm curious about how Emacspeak > is to use. > > > In any event, maybe an Emacs user can tell me how to get the right alt > key to work the same as the left one. I expect that this would make it > easier to use some of the key combinations. > > > Thanks for any help. > > > Al > > > On 11/30/21 13:43, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > In all fairness, a pair of scissors, probably the most common tool for > > cutting paper, kind of looks like the letter X, but honestly ctrl+x > > for cut and ctrl+v for paste most likely came about because ctrl+C is > > copy and x, c, and v are adjacent on qwerty keyboards and there's a > > certain sense to putting related functions together... Then again, > > even the mnemonic keystrokes probably only work as such in the > > language of the one who picked them and maybe a few closely related > > languages if you're lucky... and that we even call these functions cut > > and paste is arguably an artifact of a by gone era, similar to how > > often GUIs use floppy discs as the save icon or old-fashioned > > microphones for record icons. > > > > I will admit, I often find myself trying to use nano's key bindings > > when typing stuff in Firefox... and if I had the programming chops to > > write my own web browser, I'd probably have the Universal GUI > > keybindings as the default when editing text if I was going to release > > it, but would want to have the option to use nano keybindings if not > > just embed a nano "window" in the active text box. > > > > Though, on the subject of comparing emacs to a desktop environment... > > and perhaps it is more accurate to call emacs a TUI DE than a text > > editor, as a general rule, those applications another user mentions as > > things you'd expect a desktop environment to be bundled with are > > completely out of the way when not in use, can be ignored or removed > > if you don't use them, and can be replaced with other applications if > > you so choose. From the sounds of it, emacs is less a case of bundling > > an editor with other applications and the suite having a unified look > > and feel and more a case of mashing several applications together and > > if you just want a standalone editor, there's no way of uninstalling > > the other stuff, though admittedly, that's speaking from an outsider > > perspective. > > > > If nothing else, it sounds like emacs runs contrary to the "do one > > thing and do it well" and modularity aspects of the Unix philosophy. > > > > Though, to add another text-mode editor to the pile, there's also e3, > > who's two main advertised features are small size(Aptitude lists > > uncompressed size at 72K compared to nano's 2833k) and multiple > > executables that each duplicate the keybindings of a different text > > editor(including emacs, vi, pico, and nedit). > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list