On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 07:50, PT<spamfilteracco...@gmail.com> wrote: > Daniel Martins <danielemc <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> Sticky keys takes some getting used to. It makes every modifier key >> work a little like caps lock. Sounds horrible, doesn't it? Well, it's >> not really. Basically, if you press control once, it "locks" control >> down for the next keystroke only, after which point the keyboard >> returns to normal. Press control twice, and it locks down until you >> release it with a third press. >> C-x C-f >> Used to be: press and hold control. Press and release x. press and >> release f. Release control. >> Now it's Press and release control twice. Press and release x. press >> and release f. Press and release control. > > I don't know which implementation you use, but with Windows' built-in > sticky key setup there is no change compared to the usual order of keys: > > > press/release ctrl, press/release x, press/release ctrl, press/release f > > No need to press and release control twice at the beginning, so it's the > same number of keypresses as the usual method, you only need to pay > attention you release the previous key before pressing the next one.
yes, you can do it this way too, in fact I usually do for two-key sequences. You do have the option of "locking down" a modifier key by pressing it twice. Press once more to release it. Occasionally I find myself inputting a burst of keystrokes under the same modifier, in cases like that it can make sense to do this. (Think of it as a "mode", in the way that word is used among the vi crowd.) I use that when I'm going to be repeating the same control key binding often, i.e. when I'm isearching through a document looking at all the matches: [ctrl] [s] sometext [ctrl][ctrl] [s] [s] [s] [s] [s] [s] [s] ... [ctrl] instead of [ctrl] [s] sometext [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] ... // Ben _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode