From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xah Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs? Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:24:13 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215636108 22083 80.91.229.12 (9 Jul 2008 20:41:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:41:48 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 09 22:42:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KGgUk-0000ge-8u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:42:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39777 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KGgTs-0001iU-ET for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:41:40 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 67 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.97.120 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1215635053 17673 127.0.0.1 (9 Jul 2008 20:24:13 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 20:24:13 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: 26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com; posting-host=24.6.97.120; posting-account=bRPKjQoAAACxZsR8_VPXCX27T2YcsyMA User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10_4_11; en) AppleWebKit/525.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Safari/525.22, gzip(gfe), gzip(gfe) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160009 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:55356 Archived-At: About touch-typing habits when using emacs shortcuts keys ... I've done some research in the past few years and wrote few articles on this ... Please see: =E2=80=A2 How To Avoid The Emacs Pinky Problem http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_pinky.html =E2=80=A2 Why Emacs's Keyboard Shortcuts Are Painful http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_kb_shortcuts_pain.html =E2=80=A2 A Ergonomic Keyboard Shortcut Layout http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_emacs_keybinding.html Personally, i've been using my ergo shortcut map for a year now. Here's my =E2=80=9C.emacs=E2=80=9D for keybinding: http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_keybinding_unbind.el http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_keybinding_dvorak.el http://xahlee.org/emacs/xah_emacs_kbd_shortcuts.el Xah =E2=88=91 http://xahlee.org/ =E2=98=84 On Jul 9, 8:22 am, SomeDeveloper wrote: > Hello, > > Just getting started with Emacs. Would like to get advice on how to > train finger movement when learning/using Emacs. > > Should I try to continue to follow standard, English typing rules... > where you park your fingers on the home-row, and then press a key only > with the finger reserved for it? Or, should I feel free to jump > arbitrarily or do whatever is necessary/convenient to become effective > longer-term? > > Saw an article or two on the Net (http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/effe= ctive-emacs > ) where the authors are recommending swapping CAPS and CTRL keys. Not > sure if this by itself would be enough, or if I would need to also > break standard typing rules? > > For example: If I had to type > C-x t C-u 8 0 > > using the standard typing rules, I would use > ( ) > > Right pinky (C) > Left ring finger (x) > Left pinky (C) > Right index finger (u) > Right middle finger (8) > Right pinky (0) > > How would you type the above? Similarly, an example recommendation of > a complicated, Meta key combination would also help. > > Hoping to hear from Emacs experts and veterans. Thanks... > > Regards, > /SD