From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Control-C conundrum Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:33:56 -0800 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: <20150611013356.GM80468@mail.akwebsoft.com> References: <20150604001736.GA1917@mail.akwebsoft.com> <20150603222121607920564@bob.proulx.com> <20150604152420.GC1917@mail.akwebsoft.com> <20150606114719764101686@bob.proulx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1433986463 13089 80.91.229.3 (11 Jun 2015 01:34:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 01:34:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 11 03:34:13 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2rNl-0006MU-49 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 03:34:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42967 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2rNk-0005aO-2J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:34:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56597) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2rNZ-0005aI-Cn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:34:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2rNW-0002mu-46 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:34:01 -0400 Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:50373) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z2rNV-0002ml-RU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:33:58 -0400 Original-Received: by tj49.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id A1BD463B59CC; Wed, 10 Jun 2015 17:33:56 -0800 (AKDT) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150606114719764101686@bob.proulx.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Mac OS X 10.x X-Received-From: 64.4.232.191 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:104885 Archived-At: * Bob Proulx [150606 10:02]: > Tim Johnson wrote: > > I use a Happy Hacking Lite2 Keyboard (non-mac), for the most part, > > attached to a Mac Mini with OS X. I have a numeric keypad on the > > left which I've also set up for emacs and a logitech trackball on > > the right. > > I also own a Happy Hacker Lite 2. The one with the cursor keys on the > lower right side. > > http://www.pfusystems.com/embedded-keyboard/hhkb/index.html > > The keys are excellent. The left half is perfect for me. The right > half has a different key layout than the IBM PC with the short enter > and gives me difficulty. In particular the Delete key give me > problems because I type fast with lots of mistakes and lots of hitting > of the backspace key. On the HHL2 it is located in a different spot > and I always end up hitting the backslash instead. If that one key, > Delete, were in the same place as the IBM PC keyboard Backspace then I > think I would adapt better to the rearrangement of the backslash and > tilde keys. But because of that difference in arrangement I moved > away from it. That keyboard is now in my traveling computer parts bag > for use plugging into headless systems. It is a nice keyboard. But I > didn't adapt to it for full time use. I have not had the pleasure of using a lot of really good keyboards. My HHL2 (identical to yours) fits my hands better than any other that I have used. Someday, I'd like to spend even more money and get a mechanical keyboard even better than HHL2. Recommedations are welcome. I've almost always worked from home with pretty good control over my schedule and take frequent breaks. My wife is a physical therapist and raises hell with me if I spend more than two hours on the keyboard. [Blushing] I'm a bad boy. I map C-h to 'delete-backward-char.[/Blushing] - cheers - -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com