From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. Smith-Mannschott" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: keyboard for emacs? Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:51:21 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: dough.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1167324790 4321 80.91.229.10 (28 Dec 2006 16:53:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 28 17:53:07 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GzyV8-0002hu-I2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 17:53:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyV8-0005NN-5X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:53:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyTe-0003XD-Vk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:35 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyTa-0003Qm-Ev for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GzyTa-0003QT-5z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:30 -0500 Original-Received: from [64.233.182.189] (helo=nf-out-0910.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GzyTZ-00049c-OS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:51:29 -0500 Original-Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d4so5390411nfe for ; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:51:28 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:content-type:message-id:content-transfer-encoding:from:subject:date:to:x-mailer; b=FFa1BSQj6W5sfUo2jKtUqXHgd7BAvr7xvdaKPbSv/yr4McqM19gVknAnfPaybag0NpAGh07qAjdBwh8rUCbCMBiCZogLo09b4mzUa0vXZZZOoEJ4xy7SNlc9mbusdUMtyg59SPg71vFQHov7FT3+zSH2L10PTtoZGspp26a56g0= Original-Received: by 10.49.28.3 with SMTP id f3mr18136018nfj.1167324687801; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:51:27 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from ?172.30.16.235? ( [193.170.250.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id l27sm67187530nfa.2006.12.28.08.51.26; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:51:27 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) 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:39981 Archived-At: On Dec 27, 2006, at 03:32, Ronald wrote: > Is today's keyboard suitable for using emacs? The best keyboard I've found for using emacs has to be my kinesis contoured keyboard [1]. [1] http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/contoured_usb.htm This is primarily because control and alt (meta) are located within easy reach of my thumbs (along with space, delete, backspace, enter ...) and a few other keys. I have the two primary emacs modifiers (control, meta) in easy reach of both hands. No need to hunt for that pesky escape key. That said, I can work with a happy hacking keyboard comfortably because the control key is just next to the A, and I've remapped my macbook's caps lock key to function as a second control key. That's also satisfactory. It would be very different (i.e. craptastic) if I were unable to remap control, particularly since the macbook has an [fn] key in the corner where one might expect to find control. // ben