Re: Learning emacs

["A. L. Meyers" <me@privacy.net>]

* 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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