From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
To: SomeDeveloper <somedeveloper@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs?
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:04:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4875C28E.7000706@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ac55012e-d02e-46fd-85c2-8da28453af07@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>
SomeDeveloper wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just getting started with Emacs. Would like to get advice on how to
> train finger movement when learning/using Emacs.
>
> Should I try to continue to follow standard, English typing rules...
> where you park your fingers on the home-row, and then press a key only
> with the finger reserved for it?
I always use normal touch-typing rules. Maybe that would be difficult if
I did not use sticky keys/modifiers:
http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/StickyModifiers
Beside that I try to use what I am accustomed to. So I turn on cua-mode
and viper-mode.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-10 8:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-09 15:22 How to type when using Emacs? SomeDeveloper
2008-07-09 18:47 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-09 20:24 ` Xah
2008-07-10 3:31 ` [Bulk] " William Case
2008-07-10 7:33 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2008-07-10 8:04 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail) [this message]
2008-07-10 19:40 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-07-10 19:45 ` Joel J. Adamson
[not found] ` <mailman.14501.1215719439.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-10 23:58 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-11 1:26 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-07-11 3:31 ` Xah
2008-07-11 6:43 ` Cezar Halmagean
[not found] ` <mailman.14535.1215759012.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-11 6:58 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-11 18:57 ` Evans Winner
2008-07-16 2:37 ` Sean Sieger
2008-07-11 18:01 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-07-11 18:48 ` don provan
2008-07-11 19:14 ` Evans Winner
2008-07-11 21:34 ` tyler
2008-07-12 7:00 ` David
2008-07-12 13:08 ` Xah
2008-08-09 14:52 ` David Combs
2008-08-09 15:07 ` Xah
2008-07-11 19:04 ` don provan
2008-07-11 19:33 ` harven
2008-07-11 22:34 ` Florian Beck
2008-08-09 15:07 ` David Combs
2008-08-09 19:03 ` Xah
2008-07-12 0:28 ` Memnon Anon
2008-07-12 1:13 ` tyler
[not found] ` <mailman.14500.1215719199.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-11 4:59 ` SomeDeveloper
2008-08-09 14:47 ` David Combs
2008-08-09 19:01 ` Xah
2008-08-09 21:14 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-08-09 21:36 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-10 0:06 ` Joel J. Adamson
[not found] ` <mailman.16246.1218317853.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-23 21:44 ` David Combs
2008-08-12 5:18 ` YSK
2008-08-12 8:02 ` Xah
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2008-08-10 0:49 Jay Belanger
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