From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sean Sieger Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs? Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:37:25 -0400 Message-ID: <87od4ywo4a.fsf@gmail.com> References: <03a7c17e-9187-422b-be26-092e15d552be@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com> <86od54l04r.fsf@timbral.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216175893 21110 80.91.229.12 (16 Jul 2008 02:38:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:38:13 +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 Jul 16 04:39:01 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 1KIwuz-0005oL-3G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:39:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40078 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KIwu6-0001qG-P9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:38:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KIwtn-0001qB-I2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:37:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KIwtm-0001pz-H3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:37:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34807 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KIwtm-0001pw-98 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:37:46 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:54784 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KIwtl-0000Ea-L0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:37:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KIwte-00005v-0U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:37:38 +0000 Original-Received: from pool-70-18-33-209.ny325.east.verizon.net ([70.18.33.209]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:37:38 +0000 Original-Received: from sean.sieger by pool-70-18-33-209.ny325.east.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:37:38 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-70-18-33-209.ny325.east.verizon.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4kYM1DGdbTG6cdyIKtEQ70SgBDU= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:55618 Archived-At: Evans Winner writes: I was never properly trained on touch-typing, so my technique is an ad hoc evolution of hunt-and-peck to about sixty wpm if I am really trying. I had never seriously thought about the possibility of using (gasp) /both/ the shift keys, or /both/ the alt or control keys. The only computer game that I ever thought worth playing is gtypist. And, a little extreme, but once you go from hunt-and-peck to 60 wpm touch typing, you may not think so: as input devices go, hunt-and-peck on a keyboard is like kicking a mouse around with your foot.