From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joe Corneli Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: One handed Emacs Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 18:04:57 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1115223828.856168.133080@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <1115330738.776664.130970@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115420811 7679 80.91.229.2 (6 May 2005 23:06:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 23:06:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 07 01:06:50 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUBuC-0001wk-S7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 May 2005 01:06:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUC20-0006pV-Ip for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 19:14:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUByb-00054E-JN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 19:11:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUByZ-00053k-RV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 19:11:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUBxK-0004Sk-Op for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 19:10:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [146.6.139.124] (helo=dell3.ma.utexas.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DUBxn-0000fF-Ue for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 May 2005 19:10:32 -0400 Original-Received: from lab50.ma.utexas.edu (mail@lab50.ma.utexas.edu [128.83.133.155]) by dell3.ma.utexas.edu (8.11.0.Beta3/8.10.2) with ESMTP id j46N4vx09797; Fri, 6 May 2005 18:04:57 -0500 Original-Received: from jcorneli by lab50.ma.utexas.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DUBsP-0002ri-00; Fri, 06 May 2005 18:04:57 -0500 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <1115330738.776664.130970@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> (rbielaws@i1.net) 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:26386 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26386 > Hmmm; a vi-type key layout might be a lot easier for such a case. > > If he wants to use emacs, how about turning on `viper-mode'? What the author means by "VI-type", I think, has something to do with "pseudo-graphical" layout. For an example of a "VI-type" layout within Emacs (that has nothing to do with VI) consider: left down right That is what you see on the "Mode_switch" layer, centered on my homerow. For one-hand typing, this might offer some advantages or it might not. Assuming that one would have to "switch" the keyboard to access some of b, f, n, or p, then the advantage is clear; otherwise, I'm not sure it has any significant advantage (although I strongly prefer to use it).