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From: Emanuel Berg <moasen@zoho.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: ESC vs Meta for shifted keys
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 02:50:11 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86k1t970os.fsf@zoho.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.12411.1523752244.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

Tim Johnson wrote:

> I have some ergonomic issues with hands and
> fingers. Often, using ESC cuts down
> on stretching.

You have some different keyboard than
mine then.

My Meta key, which is the Alt key according to
the keyboard manufacturer, involves some 2 cm
horizontal movement with the thumb, from right
to left (perhaps I should estimate it to one
"inch" instead :))

To hit the Esc key OTOH involves a huge leap of
hand over several keys, and this movement also
dislocates the hand from typing
"asdf" position.

-- 
underground experts united
http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573


  parent reply	other threads:[~2018-04-15  0:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.11969.1523366938.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
     [not found] ` <86tvsiaoe3.fsf@zoho.com>
2018-04-10 23:26   ` ESC vs Meta for shifted keys Bob Proulx
2018-04-10 23:40     ` Bob Proulx
2018-04-15  0:30   ` Tim Johnson
     [not found]   ` <mailman.12411.1523752244.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15  0:50     ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
2018-04-15 15:50       ` Tim Johnson
2018-04-16 12:52         ` Robert Pluim
     [not found]   ` <mailman.11999.1523402811.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15  1:06     ` Emanuel Berg
2018-04-15  4:13       ` Bob Proulx
     [not found]       ` <mailman.12416.1523765608.27995.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-04-15 20:04         ` Emanuel Berg
2018-04-10 13:28 Robert Pluim
2018-04-10 13:42 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-10 13:57   ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-10 23:11   ` Bob Proulx
2018-04-11 12:34     ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-11 19:54       ` Bob Proulx
2018-04-11 21:10         ` Stefan Monnier
2018-04-11 21:58           ` Drew Adams
2018-04-12  8:49             ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-12 14:52               ` Drew Adams
2018-04-12 14:57                 ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-12 16:02                   ` Drew Adams
2018-04-12 16:16                     ` Robert Pluim
2018-04-12 16:35                       ` Yuri Khan
2018-04-12 16:53                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-12 16:48                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-04-12 11:31             ` Eli Zaretskii

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