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* C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?
@ 2003-10-01  8:03 Barman Brakjoller
  2003-10-01  8:43 ` Noufal Ibrahim
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From: Barman Brakjoller @ 2003-10-01  8:03 UTC (permalink / raw)


>From the Emacs tutorial (C-h t):

 "You can also move the cursor with the arrow keys, if your terminal
has
 arrow keys.  We recommend learning C-b, C-f, C-n and C-p for three
 reasons.  First, they work on all kinds of terminals.  Second, once
 you gain practice at using Emacs, you will find that typing these
Control
 characters is faster than typing the arrow keys (because you do not
 have to move your hands away from touch-typing position).  Third,
once
 you form the habit of using these Control character commands, you can
 easily learn to use other advanced cursor motion commands as well."

Is it worth it? I'm using Emacs on w32 and Linux and are quite happy
with my arrow keys, but the argument above about not having to move
away from the main part of the keyboard sounds logical.

I would like to know about you other guys and gals experiences.

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* Re: C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up?
@ 2003-10-16 22:32 Joe Corneli
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From: Joe Corneli @ 2003-10-16 22:32 UTC (permalink / raw)


Kai writes:

> Any other nifty tricks?


1.  On my iBook, my number row has these bindings

` ~  is  Alt_L 
1 !  is  Hyper_L !
2 @  is  Super_L @
3 #  is  Control_L #
4 $  is  Meta_L $
5 %  is  Mode_switch %
6 ^  is  Escape ^
7 &  is  Mode_switch &
8 *  is  Meta_R *
9 (  is  Control_R (
0 )  is  Super_R )
- _  is  Hyper_R 
=+   is  Alt_R

2.  I type numbers with my right hand, "mod 6"

F7   is  1 6
F8   is  2 7
F9   is  3 8
F10  is  4 9
F11  is  5 0

where the second tier is accessed using Mode_switch

3. Arrow keys and Delete/BackSpace are embedded (twice)
centered on middle finger of each hand as described 
earlier, schematically

       <X U X>
	L D R

4. [] {} {} [] embedded in the bottom row

5. _ is under s

6. ^ is under l

7. + is under f

8. = is under y

9. - is under d and i

10. ` is under '

11. ~ is under /

12. Caps_Lock is a second Return key.

13. [{ is Prior, ]} is Next

14. Shift-Tab is Insert (parsed as Shift+Insert by X)

I use a similar layout (that doesn't do away with the number
row) on my Kinesis keyboard.  There the modifiers are placed
on the "extra" bottom row and on the thumb keys.

Why this is good: I only use my pinkies for Enter, Shift, Tab, and the
various keys that Dvorak intended them for.  Also, I do not move my
wrists when I am typing, neither in search of the modifier keys nor the
basic navigation/editing keys.  There are a few other neato features of
this layout that one discovers with use.  Suffice to say, between using
the kinesis keyboard as much as possible, using to dvorak, and using
this layout for the "peripheral" stuff, I have gotten rid of say 90% of
my wrist and finger pain.  Still working on that last 10%; I don't think
it can be gotten rid of with Xmodmap and Emacs, but 90% is pretty good.

Joe

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2003-10-01  8:03 C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up? Barman Brakjoller
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2003-10-08 23:52       ` Jim Janney
2003-10-09 18:50         ` Barry Margolin
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2003-10-09 19:03                   ` Björn Lindström
2003-10-09 20:39                 ` C-f, C-b, C-n and C-p or right, left, down, up? lawrence mitchell
2003-10-09 18:15           ` Daniel B.
2003-10-01 12:36 ` Jim Ottaway
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2003-10-07 16:29       ` Hans-Christoph Wirth
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