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From: Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Arrowless navigation
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:39:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87u02yd239.fsf@hans.local.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2r6y453gb.fsf@marvin.revier.com> (Jochem Huhmann's message of "Thu\, 21 Sep 2006 23\:12\:36 +0200")

Jochem Huhmann <joh@gmx.net> writes:

> Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> What is the tip with left control key exactly (which is useless
>> here -ie. I never use it) ?
>
> For me the Control key on the lower left corner of the keyboard is in
> the perfect place. I don't need even a finger to press and hold it, I
> just tilt down my hand to the left and press with my hand at the base
> joint of my pinky. Leaves all ten fingers free for typing.
>

Yes that's the way to go (for touch typists) it leaves your fingers in
the home position.  But I think it's more natural (and more symmetric
in the line of the shift key and capital letters) when you are also
using the right CTRL key.  For example C-f is done with the outside of
your right bale on the right CTRL key and of course with the left
index finger.  You can better reach e.g. C-6 (as prefix argument) and,
I think, it's more natural for these C-M-[adb] commands, pressing 3
keys with on hand at the same time is quite a feat.

-- 
    Best wishes

    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany

  reply	other threads:[~2006-09-23 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-09-21 15:17 Arrowless navigation Vyacheslav Akhmechet
2006-09-21 15:35 ` Drew Adams
2006-09-21 17:22 ` David Hansen
2006-09-21 17:46   ` Vyacheslav Akhmechet
2006-09-21 20:06     ` Xavier Maillard
     [not found]       ` <b381ea40609212121o56de31e6xa96285dc861a5ab0@mail.gmail.com>
2006-09-22  4:22         ` Vyacheslav Akhmechet
     [not found]         ` <mailman.7258.1158898978.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-22  9:31           ` Tim X
2006-09-21 20:05   ` Xavier Maillard
2006-09-22 12:08     ` David Hansen
     [not found]   ` <mailman.7249.1158869692.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-21 21:12     ` Jochem Huhmann
2006-09-23 15:39       ` Dieter Wilhelm [this message]
     [not found]       ` <mailman.7295.1159072918.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-14 23:13         ` David Combs
2006-10-15  9:42           ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-09-22 14:20     ` Giles Chamberlin
2006-09-22 22:11       ` Xavier Maillard
2006-09-21 20:02 ` Xavier Maillard
     [not found] ` <mailman.7237.1158859969.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-14 23:07   ` David Combs
     [not found] <mailman.7231.1158851870.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-09-22  6:46 ` Florian Kaufmann
2006-09-22  9:21 ` Tim X
2006-09-22 16:23 ` don provan
2006-09-22 21:17   ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-09-24 22:02 ` David Golden

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