From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Joel J. Adamson " Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs? Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:14:42 -0400 Message-ID: <6841.1218316482@email.unc.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218316835 27646 80.91.229.12 (9 Aug 2008 21:20:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 21:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 09 23:21:25 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 1KRvsK-00011L-MK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:21:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59767 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRvrO-0001rr-KS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:20:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRvr1-0001qG-NQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:20:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRvr0-0001p5-Oi for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:20:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57477 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRvr0-0001or-JQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:20:02 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv1.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.140]:44895 helo=smtp.unc.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KRvr0-0004EJ-Gt for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:20:02 -0400 Original-Received: from edna.homeunix.org (cpe-066-057-101-159.nc.res.rr.com [66.57.101.159]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.unc.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m79LJTH0005187 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:19:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from edna.homeunix.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edna.homeunix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m79LEgJ7006846; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:14:43 -0400 Original-Received: from email.unc.edu (joel@localhost) by edna.homeunix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m79LEgSW006842; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:14:42 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: edna.homeunix.org: joel owned process doing -bs In-reply-to: Comments: In-reply-to dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) message dated "Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:47:01 -0000." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.0.3+cvs; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.0.60 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 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:56379 Archived-At: >>>>> "David" == David Combs writes: David> In article , David> Joel J. Adamson wrote: >> >> I would type it exactly as above. I've seen people do "C-x C-f" with >> one hand and it looks like it would kill their wrists after a while. I >> certainly do it faster than any of them. David> Huh? David> I hold down the control with my left pinky, and then hit x and f. The discussion was about touch-typing, wherein the strategy is to hit a key with one finger on each hand at a time. Holding down a key with your hand and typing with the same hand is therefore not touch typing. Joel -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj http://trashbird1240.blogspot.com