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Comment by hibbelig | Hacker News Reader

After using a Mac for a while, I realize how easy the cmd key combinations are to press. They are easier than the ctrl key combinations.

I think it would be useful for Emacs to swap cmd and ctrl.

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Cmd key combinations are one of the things that keep me coming back to macOS. Far more ergonomic than ctrl and just requires you to move your thumb (which typically would hover over cmd key anyway). It’s one of those things Apple did right back in the day.

That's precisely what this article is pointing out (though it's flawed in other ways). Apple put the Cmd key where Symbolics had a Ctrl.

Actually, let me set ns-alternate-modifier, ns-command-modifier and ns-control-modifier, and see what happens. It sure takes some getting used to!

    (setq mac-command-modifier 'control)

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