From: "Joel J. Adamson " <adamsonj@email.unc.edu>
To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>
Cc: David Combs <dkcombs@panix.com>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs?
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:06:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7282.1218326792@email.unc.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <489E0DE8.2020606@gmail.com>
>>>>> "Lennart" == Lennart Borgman (gmail) <lennart.borgman@gmail.com> writes:
Lennart> Joel J. Adamson wrote:
>>>>>>> "David" == David Combs <dkcombs@panix.com> writes:
>>
David> In article <mailman.14500.1215719199.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
David> Joel J. Adamson <adamsonj@email.unc.edu> 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.
Lennart> Is not this just one strategy in touch-typing? I personally prefer
Lennart> Sticky Keys/Sticky Modifiers.
As long as that method only involves pressing one key with each hand at
a time, then it is touch-typing. When I used Caps Lock, I would touch
Caps Lock with one hand, then type, then release it.
Joel
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-10 0:06 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)
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
[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 [this message]
[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
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
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2008-08-10 0:49 Jay Belanger
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