From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul O'Donnell Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Learning emacs Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:10:23 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <3E2A6B80.9070502@rogers.com> References: <3E2A5DE3.3000405@rogers.com> <3E2A367A.4020201@XXnetscape.net> 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 1042967656 24053 80.91.224.249 (19 Jan 2003 09:14:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 09:14:16 +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 18aBWw-0006Fp-00 for ; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 10:14:15 +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 18aBY2-0003MB-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Jan 2003 04:15:22 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!sjc70.webusenet.com!news.webusenet.com!news03.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com!news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com.POSTED!not-for-mail User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20021003 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 30 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.102.194.139 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@rogers.com Original-X-Trace: news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com 1042967423 24.102.194.139 (Sun, 19 Jan 2003 04:10:23 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 04:10:23 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:109177 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:5701 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5701 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? Paul