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From: rustom <rustompmody@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs key bindings through the ages
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:01:49 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b770908e-e7ca-4e6a-b090-26ba4d8d78ce@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3592.1195135588.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

On Nov 15, 7:06 pm, "Lennart Borgman (gmail)"
<lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Xah Lee wrote:
> > emacs's keybind is actually the worst possible in both ergonomic and
> > ease of use considerations. Likely a randomly generated shortcut set
> > will have a 30% chance better.
>
> > See: Why Emacs's Keyboard Shortcuts Are Painful
> >http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_kb_shortcuts_pain.html
>
> Take a look at sticky modifiers:
>
>  http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/StickyModifiers

Thanks Lennart. This is just what I was looking for.  Didn't know the
name sticky keys so couldn't ask

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-11-15 16:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-14  6:03 Emacs key bindings through the ages bramble
2007-11-14 16:07 ` Stefan Monnier
2007-11-14 16:27   ` rustom
2007-11-14 17:05   ` Juanma Barranquero
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3533.1195059944.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-15 10:49     ` Stefan Kamphausen
2007-11-15 18:47       ` Amy Templeton
2007-11-15 21:33       ` bramble
2007-11-16  5:23         ` Tim X
2007-11-16 12:26         ` rustom
2007-11-16 15:45           ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
     [not found]           ` <mailman.3662.1195227958.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-16 16:45             ` rustom
2007-11-16 17:48               ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2007-11-18  4:50           ` Stefan Monnier
2007-11-18  8:47             ` rustom
2007-11-15  1:16 ` Barry Margolin
2007-11-15  3:19   ` bramble
2007-11-15  8:33 ` Xah Lee
2007-11-15 14:06   ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3592.1195135588.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-11-15 16:01     ` rustom [this message]

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