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Re: M-! -- new or other binding ??


From: Bill White
Subject: Re: M-! -- new or other binding ??
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:01:39 GMT
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.96 (gnu/linux)

William Case <billlinux@rogers.com> writes:

> I find myself using the shell-command (M-!) a lot lately and the
> reach for all the keys (on my keyboard Alt+Shft+!) is difficult.
> Have I missed a keyboarding trick using one hand or can someone
> suggest another binding that wouldn't disturb the default key
> bindings but would still be an easier reach?

Have you looked into training your right hand to type those modifier
keys while your left types '1'?  M-^ (delete-indentation) is awkward
for my left hand so I took a day or so to train my right hand to type
the right <shift> and <alt> keys for it.

Cheers -

bw
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