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From: "A. L. Meyers" <me@privacy.net>
Subject: Re: Learning emacs
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:46:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <slrnb2m05c.e9.me@wassern.consult-meyers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 3E2A6B80.9070502@rogers.com

* Paul O'Donnell <odonnellp@rogers.com>:
>  matt wrote:
> > Paul O'Donnell wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >> I don't know which fingers to use to press these keys. It seems 
> >> obvious to me that the baby finger of the opposite hand should be used 
> >> for the Control key, but what about the Alt key? The thumb of the 
> >> opposite hand maybe? I don't want to download typing tutorial 
> >> software. I really don't have time for that. I just want to know which 
> >> fingers to use.
> > 
> > 
> > I'm fairly new to emacs myself, at least for everyday use. I have found 
> > that using my left "baby" finger for Ctrl works best. For Alt, I use 
> > either thumb, depending upon where on the keyboard the second keystroke 
> > is located. Since the Alt keys are located on either side of the space 
> > bar, it comes pretty naturally.
> > 
> > -- Matt
> > 
>  
>  I found an interesting link about reconfiguring the keyboard layout.
>  
>  http://rgrjr.dyndns.org/emacs/keyboard.html
>  
>  It is an interesting idea, but I am not sure what he means by a "Super-" 
>  shift key. Does it mean Shift+Control or maybe Shift+Alt?

The "Happy Hacker" keyboard puts the Control key just left of the "A"
key, making it extremely easy to use in a *nix environment. The Escape
key is in the same row as the number keys, just left of the "1" key.

Lucien

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-01-19 19:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-01-19  8:12 Learning emacs Paul O'Donnell
2003-01-19  8:23 ` matt
2003-01-19  9:10   ` Paul O'Donnell
2003-01-19 19:46     ` A. L. Meyers [this message]
2003-01-19 21:10     ` Jonathon Isaac Swiderski
2003-01-20 15:46     ` Lee Sau Dan
2003-01-19  9:09 ` Sören Vogel
2003-01-20 15:47   ` Lee Sau Dan
2003-01-19 14:37 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-01-20 15:45 ` Lee Sau Dan

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