"Tim O'Callaghan" <t...@dspsrv.com> writes: >> >> Rasmus <ras...@gmx.us> writes: >> >>> For me the following keys need shift or Alt-Gr: ^, ", `, !, ?, and >>> ~. >> >> Oh, do you really need the Alt-Gr key for `?' and `!' ? >> >> Does that mean you don't use `C-c !' or that you rarely use it? >> >> Of course, this may have nothing to do with the keybinding itself, >> but I'm curious. >> > > If i can throw in my 2-cents, I have been using Alt-O or(Meta-O if you > prefer) for a Ctrl-C, Ctrl-C substitute in org-mode for years. Now i > use a combination of an activation key (Alt-O or f4) and a kind of > fast-key mnemonic map. I need mnemonics because there is just too much > in org-mode, and i prefer to just type an extra key rather than have > to bend to hit a semi-random modifier + cryptic keymap entry. > > so: > Alt+o,a => agenda, > Alt+o,0 => capture -> inbox > Alt+o,1 => agenda file 1 > .... > Alt+o, A,h => agenda - home tag > Alt+o,T,c => org table convert region > Alt+o,T,C,b => org table convert buffer. > .... > > Basically, two keys to most used personal functions. To save the > pinkies, alt and shift are the only modifiers. alt for the activator, > and shift to dig into a personalised sub-menu. I tried binding to > FNkeys, but i could not memorise them. the "ah" = at home comes > naturally to me. > > I for one will follow this idea with interest. >
I have a similar setup. I use <f7> as a prefix key for many org operations (personal ones as well as generic ones, mostly the less common ones but also a few of the very common: e.g. I use <f7><f7> instead of `C-c a a'). One problem I had was that there are lots of things under that keymap that I didn't use often enough to memorise, so I would end up looking in my keydefs file to figure out where some operation was (and no, I can't remember the names of the functions either...) I recently found out that if after <f7> I press C-h, I get a description of the keymap. That's probably well known in some circles, but I only found out about it recently, reading the "Key Binding Conventions" section in the elisp manual: ,---- | * Don't bind `C-h' following any prefix character (including `C-c'). | If you don't bind `C-h', it is automatically available as a help | character for listing the subcommands of the prefix character. `---- That's *very* useful to me - if you don't know about it already, try it: I think you'll find it very useful too! -- Nick
