Emacs on Mac OS X Leopard key bindings

Question

I\'m a Mac user and I\'ve decided to learn Emacs. I\'ve read that to reduce hand strain and improve accuracy the CTRL and CAPS LOCK keys should be swap

Answer 1

The other answer was very complete, but additionally I'd mention I just set the caps lock key to a second control key instead of swapping them.

Also, you'll notice that the large majority of the text entry fields in Mac OS X already accept emacs keystrokes (^A beginning of line, ^E end of line, ^P, ^N, ^K, ^Y, etc)

good luck