From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nix Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: a key system to replace gnu emacs's 1000 default keybindings Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 17:27:24 +0100 Organization: the Core Message-ID: <87k3ztzlar.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> References: <5ee2582c-026b-4ab3-b5a7-c2d3e66ff511@oe8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <4d8a8454-22d9-44a3-9f57-7d5791534d30@t2g2000pbl.googlegroups.com> <4FC00690.9090200@thadlabs.com> Reply-To: Nix <$}xinix{$@esperi.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338395423 5208 80.91.229.3 (30 May 2012 16:30:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 16:30:23 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 30 18:30:22 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SZlmr-0006Gi-U5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 18:30:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52802 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SZlmr-0004O3-KC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 May 2012 12:30:17 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news-2.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!npeer.de.kpn-eurorings.net!npeer-ng0.de.kpn-eurorings.net!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!cs.uu.nl!news0.firedrake.org!news.srvr.nix!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs Original-Lines: 24 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: spindle.srvr.nix Original-X-Trace: spindle.srvr.nix 1338395245 26665 192.168.14.15 (30 May 2012 16:27:25 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@esperi.org.uk Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 16:27:25 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (gnu/linux) Emacs: the definitive fritterware. Cancel-Lock: sha1:jZxoL9fRK2RJ8+6JW7XBFAGDckw= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:192642 comp.emacs:102494 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85048 Archived-At: On 26 May 2012, Dan Espen uttered the following: > You'll need to create another write up that explains why > we can't live without CAPS LOCK. I used to think caps-lock was useless too, until I learned a bit of formal touch typing, when it all came clear. The caps-lock key is intended to reduce chording when typing multiple capitalized letters at once (which used to be common in headings, and is now common in e.g. macro names in C). Chording two keys with one hand is very unpleasant and a significant cause of RSI, so formal touch typing teaches that you should always use the opposite hand to the hit chording keys, e.g. right shift and left F, but left shift and right L. (This is why there are two shift, ctrl keys, and so on, on opposite sides of keyboards). However, when typing runs of capital letters this requires frequent flipping of the shift-holding hand from side to side, or violation of this rule. Thus, one hits caps lock *once*, types the run of capitalized keys, then hits it again, thus avoiding both single-hand chording and an annoying constant flip of the chording hand. -- NULL && (void)