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I also cant find anything on google that maps the esoteric symbology to actions (I assume that 0333 means delete, for example).

They are really ancient.

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Ive read that to reduce hand strain and improve accuracy the CTRL and CAPS LOCK keys should be swapped.

Is there any way to get the altoption key to invoke meta instead.

In fact, I find that the control key is actually easier to hit, so Ive remapped my control key to act as a meta key.

Im swedish and I never find the need to type my native characters while coding.

But yes, once you make the change, it should work everywhere in OS X.

If you have an external keyboard plugged into your laptop, then there are is an additional drop down box and you will need to do this for both keyboards (or at least for your external keyboard).

The screen shot below shows the Select Keyboard dialog box - I have selected Joint Mac Keyboard, which is MacBooks way of saying GoldTouch external keyboard - the default is the built-in keyboard.

However, instead of setting the use option as meta option, find the page down and page up options.

Change Action to send string to shell and enter 026 as the string.

Change Action to send string to shell and enter 033v as the string.

Carbon Emacs uses the command key for meta, this is nice because you can do Control-Meta commands just by holding Control and Command down instead of first hitting escape then the control key sequence.

Here are all the key bindings available (out of the box) in Emacs Trunk as of October 2013.

Since the user can define his her own keyboard shortcuts, I do not see a need to remap the keyboard in system preferences (with an Apple U.S.

But, would I throw away my stash of IBM clicky keyboards with trackpoint built in Of course not.:) Im taking my IBM clicky keyboards with me into the next life.

Any hand strain is most likely caused by improper wrist arm elbow position, not by hitting control versus caps lock.

Accuracy is improved through practice, and with the help of a boss looking over your shoulder to see how you are coming along -- i.e., a little pressure to be more productive:).

By simply installing Seil and following the instructions in the software, you should be able to achieve what you want.

I have a Japanese keyboard whose layout is different from the normal ones.

I have some snippet which remaps two extra keys on my keyboard to F18 and F19 for other use.

You can use the same syntax to edit your private.xml file to do more things.

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Mac Keystroke Commands