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From: mikem@uwstat.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Use of command keys
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Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 15:45:10 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun  9 15:45:10 1985
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> > 
> > Was this a MacTerminal mistake that everyone copied?  Or is there some
> > reason?  Lonnie Abelbeck, do you know the answer?
> > 
> 
> Well, I'm not one for copying MacTerminal mistakes, but there are a couple
> good reasons for using the Command Key for the "control" key.
.....
> (this is the reason I have resisted using the Option Key as a Meta Key
> in VersaTerm)

However the newest version of MacKermit, includes a little program 
which allows one to define any keyboard mapping for the terminal emulation.
I still use command as the CNTRL key (I could use caps lock if I removed
the locking mechanism), and I use option as a META key.  
Allowing the user to specify thier own keyboard seems the best approach 
to me.  It probably (I'm not sure about this?), allows for hte international
version of the mac too.  (Can anyone in Europe confirm this?).

--Mike
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