From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dieter Wilhelm Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrowless navigation Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:39:22 +0200 Organization: The Church of Emacs Message-ID: <87u02yd239.fsf@hans.local.net> References: <877izx5e3y.fsf@robotron.kosmorama> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159072936 18681 80.91.229.2 (24 Sep 2006 04:42:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:42:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 24 06:42:13 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRLoj-0004Id-Hg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:42:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRLoj-0004Uu-3d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:42:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GRLoS-0004Uh-1r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:41:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GRLoQ-0004Tk-Tn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:41:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRLoQ-0004TU-KJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:41:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [212.227.126.177] (helo=moutng.kundenserver.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GRLsX-0003GQ-Bc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 00:46:09 -0400 Original-Received: from [84.167.37.102] (helo=duenenhof-wilhelm.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu3) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0MKxQS-1GRLoM2FBW-0005o1; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:41:50 +0200 Original-Received: by duenenhof-wilhelm.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 48FBF7284C; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 17:39:22 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Jochem Huhmann In-Reply-To: (Jochem Huhmann's message of "Thu\, 21 Sep 2006 23\:12\:36 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:d7ab225b98a136e1c2910381f940ecb9 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor 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:37578 Archived-At: Jochem Huhmann writes: > Xavier Maillard 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