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: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:31:47 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <03a7c17e-9187-422b-be26-092e15d552be@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com> 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 1215747646 25562 80.91.229.12 (11 Jul 2008 03:40:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:40:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 11 05:41:33 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 1KH9Vk-0000IC-51 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:41:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34059 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KH9Us-0004Uy-D5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:40:38 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 51 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.6.97.120 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1215747107 12623 127.0.0.1 (11 Jul 2008 03:31:47 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:31:47 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: k30g2000hse.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:160067 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:55413 Archived-At: On Jul 10, 12:45 pm, adams...@email.unc.edu (Joel J. Adamson) wrote: > I do recommend making the key to the left of "A" a control key; it has > saved me a lot of motion and increased my speed while using Emacs. > However, it's hard to remember that for my wife's desktop, it's still > Caps Lock, and sometimes I end up repeating my typing. Turning the Cap Lock key into the Control key is one of the bad advice in keyboarding. It's one of the myth that perpetuate bad practice. =E2=80=A2 It is one of the difficult key to press on the keyboard, pressed = by the pinky. =E2=80=A2 It puts all stress on the left pinky. =E2=80=A2 It forces the left hand to cram into spider legs positions, and o= r the rigth hand flies about wildly. =E2=80=A2 It renders many Control-=E2=80=B9key=E2=80=BA spots void, since n= ow with only one pinky many otherwise good Ctrl-=E2=80=B9key=E2=80=BA spots are hard to use. =E2=80=A2 The left hand now constantly shift from home position. Here's good tips: =E2=80=A2 buy a keyboard with Control on both sides of keyboard. =E2=80=A2 buy a keyboard such that left Control to F is the same as right Control to J. (i.e. the modifier keys are placed symmetrically to your home's home position) =E2=80=A2 Press modifier keys using both hands, like how Shift key is press= ed in touch typing rules. =E2=80=A2 On most fullsized PC keyboard, it's very easy to use palm or semi= - fist to press Control key. Do this and save Pinky. Details: How To Avoid The Emacs Pinky Problem http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_pinky.html Xah =E2=88=91 http://xahlee.org/ =E2=98=84