From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: matt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Learning emacs Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 08:23:54 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3E2A367A.4020201@XXnetscape.net> References: <3E2A5DE3.3000405@rogers.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042964685 18474 80.91.224.249 (19 Jan 2003 08:24:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 08:24:45 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18aAl2-0004nq-00 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:24:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18aAmJ-0007eD-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 03:26:03 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn14feed!wn12feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 19 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.129.60 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com Original-X-Trace: rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net 1042964634 12.234.129.60 (Sun, 19 Jan 2003 08:23:54 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 08:23:54 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109175 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5699 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5699 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 -- Remove the X's to reply directly.