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 20:06:32 -0400 Message-ID: <7282.1218326792@email.unc.edu> References: <6841.1218316482@email.unc.edu> <489E0DE8.2020606@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218327164 22597 80.91.229.12 (10 Aug 2008 00:12:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 00:12:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: David Combs , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 10 02:13:34 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 1KRyYu-000351-N7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:13:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55310 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRyXx-0004Ml-Ch for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:12:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRyXb-0004Jf-O4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:12:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRyXa-0004I7-GU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:12:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34742 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRyXa-0004I0-9J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:12:10 -0400 Original-Received: from smtpsrv0.isis.unc.edu ([152.2.1.139]:43016 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 1KRyXZ-0005Qg-TQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:12:10 -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 m7A0BKmQ001941 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:11:23 -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 m7A06X80007287; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:06:33 -0400 Original-Received: from email.unc.edu (joel@localhost) by edna.homeunix.org (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m7A06WJX007283; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 20:06:32 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: edna.homeunix.org: joel owned process doing -bs In-reply-to: <489E0DE8.2020606@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" message dated "Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:36:40 +0200." 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:56390 Archived-At: >>>>> "Lennart" == Lennart Borgman (gmail) writes: Lennart> Joel J. Adamson wrote: >>>>>>> "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. 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 -- Joel J. Adamson (303) 880-3109 Public key: http://pgp.mit.edu http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj http://trashbird1240.blogspot.com