From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Arrowless navigation Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:13:13 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160869608 3409 80.91.229.2 (14 Oct 2006 23:46:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:46:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 15 01:46:48 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 1GYtD6-0004R2-4X for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:46:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GYt8P-0002Up-7t for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 Oct 2006 19:41:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 42 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1160867593 8389 166.84.1.2 (14 Oct 2006 23:13:13 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:13:13 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142427 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:38047 Archived-At: In article , Dieter Wilhelm wrote: >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 ^^^^ -- "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