Re: Arrowless navigation

[dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)]

In article <mailman.7295.1159072918.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Dieter Wilhelm  <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> wrote:
>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

            ^^^^ -- "bale" -- what's that?  (Not in my dictionary,
                                other than like "a bale of hay").


>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
>
>

Thanks!

David