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Re: XyScript -- Emacs starter keyboard



Reply to note from Bob Newell <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:38:22 -1000

Bob,

> 'Physical-key match. The follow-up key is matched by scancode, so 
> C-x C-s and C-x s are the same. ...' 
> 
> This is a pretty big deviation and could in the longer term be 
> limiting.  

The limitation was due to my unfamiliarity with Emacs. Fixed:

https://ammaze.net/xyscript/emacs-kbd.zip

What an alien world Emacs is, where `Ctrl+x Ctrl+s` is different from `Ctrl+xs`! I know that many
hard-core programmers swear by it -- me, I've always sworn at it. But I digress...

-- 
Carl Distefano
cld@xxxxxxxxxx