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Re: Which modifier to use?


From: Arthur Miller
Subject: Re: Which modifier to use?
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 17:08:22 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> In that case, you asked the wrong question.
> That answer, which I guess is what you were
> really looking for, is about using a _prefix
> key_, not a modifier key.  Completely
> different animal.
> ___
I don't think he asked the wrong question.
I understood implicitly he is asking how to "relieve" his Super key. 
He was looking for "a solution", not "the solution"; so he couldn't
expressed himself in exactly precise terms either.

> And yes, prefix keys are wonderful.  When
> bound to keymaps they also let you easily move
> whole sets of commands/keys around as units.

> E.g.: A library can identify a set of commands
> that belong together in UI terms, by putting
> them on a keymap.  And it can put that keymap
> (optionally, i.e., under user control) on a
> given prefix key by default.  But a user can
> easily move that whole set of commands and
> their bindings from the default prefix key to
> another prefix key.
Indeed, remapping keys is a very nice feature!



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