Emacs: Easy Ctrl+x for Dvorak Layout

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Make F8 Do Ctrl+X

if you use Dvorak Keyboard Layout with emacs, you may want to change the Ctrl+x key to something else.

a good solution is to make F8 key do Ctrl+x

(global-set-key (kbd "<f8>") ctl-x-map)

Best is Avoid Key Chord

I recommend not to use any of C-x at all.

Define the most used C-x commands as key sequences.

See:

For a packaged solution, use