From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pascal Bourguignon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: One handed Emacs Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 20:20:47 +0200 Organization: [posted via Easynet Spain] Message-ID: <87oebq6ef4.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> References: <1115223828.856168.133080@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115246534 16604 80.91.229.2 (4 May 2005 22:42:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 22:42:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 05 00:42:08 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DTSZ2-0001L2-Ku for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 May 2005 00:41:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DTSgR-00073h-1X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 May 2005 18:49:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!colt.net!easynet-quince!easynet.net!easynet-post2!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ylfydvP6B6Bah5tI9Sg8mzExhFY= Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.93.174.79 Original-X-Trace: DXC=GmJ8gdSbIG?h;8]56>O0C?EY<>`XO4V7=>Uh List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:26310 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26310 "rgb" writes: > A co-worker of mine is disabled and only has use of > his right hand. He's never used any advanced editor > so isn't already biased towards any keyboard layout > beyond basic qwerty. Has anyone developed an Emacs > layout more convenient to learn. > The standard layout has most of the most heavily > used chords on the left hand which would make > learning Emacs quite difficult. > If it makes a difference, this is on a Windows system > and I believe he does not use the stickey keys feature. Perhaps the easiest solution would be to use a non standard keyboard. http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/onehandtypingalternatives.html http://www.tifaq.org/keyboards/chording-keyboards.html http://www.infogrip.com/ http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/myway/keyboard/keyboard/intro-one-handed.htm http://edgarmatias.com/papers/hci96/ -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ Nobody can fix the economy. Nobody can be trusted with their finger on the button. Nobody's perfect. VOTE FOR NOBODY.