From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: a key system to replace gnu emacs's 1000 default keybindings Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 16:18:52 +0200 Message-ID: <87obp9yaer.fsf@wanadoo.es> References: <5ee2582c-026b-4ab3-b5a7-c2d3e66ff511@oe8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> <4d8a8454-22d9-44a3-9f57-7d5791534d30@t2g2000pbl.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1338128356 16361 80.91.229.3 (27 May 2012 14:19:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 14:19:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 27 16:19:15 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 1SYeJO-0006Dy-Ef for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 May 2012 16:19:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48300 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SYeJO-00018N-4N for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 May 2012 10:19:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59511) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SYeJI-00018C-GP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2012 10:19:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SYeJG-00042i-KT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2012 10:19:08 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:48062) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SYeJG-00042b-DC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2012 10:19:06 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SYeJC-0005wH-QD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2012 16:19:02 +0200 Original-Received: from 103.red-79-147-11.dynamicip.rima-tde.net ([79.147.11.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 May 2012 16:19:02 +0200 Original-Received: from ofv by 103.red-79-147-11.dynamicip.rima-tde.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 27 May 2012 16:19:02 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 103.red-79-147-11.dynamicip.rima-tde.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zsFZrv/RySACpo0Z/TdFULu9fyw= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:85017 Archived-At: "B. T. Raven" writes: > I don't have any. I need someone from geekhack to make me one based > loosely on the symbolics space cadet. The Kinesis Advantage seems to > have the most impressive videoclips of speed typing but theres too much > unused real estate on it for my tastes. The Kinesis Advantage keyboard is narrower than an standard PC keyboard actually. Some people sticks a touchpad on the middle gap. And for speed typing, one thing to consider is that the Kinesis makes you a touch typist (and a fast one) without you noticing. It just happens. You need some training, though. Maybe two or three hours with the exercises that comes with the keyboard, and then proceed mindfully until your muscle memory adapts. > Does anyone here use it and, if > so, what have the keys been reprogrammed to? On the left side, swapped Ctrl <-> BackSpace and Alt <-> Delete. This puts Ctrl and Meta right below your left thumb, which makes Emacs' C- and M- combinations much more convenient. The rest of my customizations are related to my coding style, but in any case a good idea is to move CapsLock away (to `Esc', for instance) and use it for something sensible. Disclaimer: I'm not in any way affiliated to Kinesis. [snip]