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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!news.mtu.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!vienna1-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!shore!nvp From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Emacs META? Date: 24 Jun 1997 17:46:00 GMT Organization: Shore.Net; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Lines: 16 Message-ID: <5op14o$fr3@fridge-nf0.shore.net> References: <5oh1va$mcq@lace.colorado.edu> <5oo2nq$l3k@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <5oottb$pb3@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell2.shore.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43463 Brian Somers (brian@shift.utell.net) wrote: : For example, years ago when I first used emacs, I decided that the : arrow keys were fine for going forwards and backwards, and defined : C-f to be isearch-regex-forward and C-b to be forward-sexp. I : also put the start/end/run macro keys on function keys. Oh! Then the answer is, "no, what I'm doing is not disastrous because I'm not re-defining existing keys like C-f." I only create shortcuts for key combos that are not already defined. Perhaps I should be been more clear in my original posting about re-defining. -- Nathan V. Patwardhan nvp@shore.net