This page explains how to move the Control key. Some users find that this can help to avoid “Emacs pinky” (RepeatedStrainInjury). IntroductionFor some, swapping Control and CapsLock is very important; the virtually useless CapsLock is far easier to press than Control, crucial to Emacs yet really awkwardly located. When Emacs was first written, most keyboards had Ctrl to the left of A, either immed