Re: Redifine shortkeys?

[Mathias Dahl]

"Robert D. Crawford" <rdc1x@comcast.net> writes:

>
> Are you sure you want to go down that slippery slope?  Sometimes it is
> better to conform to the environment than it is to make the environment
> conform to you.  Once you start re-defining keys, it can quickly become
> a headache. 

I agree not messing with this but if he want to go there, here's a
start:

For saving:

(global-set-key (kbd "C-s") 'save-buffer)

For searching:

(global-set-key (kbd "C-f") 'isearch-forward)

A problem with the latter is that the bindings that work "inside"
isearch still is the same and are more cumbersome to set (it is
possible though).

Many years ago I rebound stuff in Emacs. That was a bad idea. I could
recommend binding commonly used commands to the Fx keys and to use
other unbound keys, but in most cases I avoid rebinding Emacs' stanard
keys as there is often a logic behind them that gets more useful the
more you use Emacs.

/Mathias