title: Emacs on Mac OS X Leopard key bindings
body: <p>I'm a Mac user and I've decided to learn Emacs. I've <a href="http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/effective-emacs" rel="noreferrer">read</a> that to reduce hand strain and improve accuracy the <kbd>CTRL</kbd> and <kbd>CAPS LOCK</kbd> keys should be swapped. How do I do this in Leopard?</p>
  
  <p>Also, in Terminal I have to use the <kbd>ESC</kbd> key to invoke meta. Is there any way to get the alt/option key to invoke meta instead?</p>
  
  <p><strong>update:</strong> While the control key is much easier to hit now, the meta key is also used often enough that its position on my MacBook and Apple Keyboard also deserves attention. In fact, I find that the control key is actually easier to hit, so I've remapped my control key to act as a meta key. Does anyone have a better/more standard solution?</p>