From: Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs?
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 13:24:13 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fe6ad701-cc60-4804-a6a8-549f42c8136c@26g2000hsk.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ac55012e-d02e-46fd-85c2-8da28453af07@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com
About touch-typing habits when using emacs shortcuts keys ...
I've done some research in the past few years and wrote few articles
on this ... Please see:
• How To Avoid The Emacs Pinky Problem
http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_pinky.html
• Why Emacs's Keyboard Shortcuts Are Painful
http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_kb_shortcuts_pain.html
• A Ergonomic Keyboard Shortcut Layout
http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_emacs_keybinding.html
Personally, i've been using my ergo shortcut map for a year now.
Here's my “.emacs” for keybinding:
http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_keybinding_unbind.el
http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_keybinding_dvorak.el
http://xahlee.org/emacs/xah_emacs_kbd_shortcuts.el
Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/
☄
On Jul 9, 8:22 am, SomeDeveloper <somedevelo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just getting started with Emacs. Would like to get advice on how to
> train finger movement when learning/using Emacs.
>
> Should I try to continue to follow standard, English typing rules...
> where you park your fingers on the home-row, and then press a key only
> with the finger reserved for it? Or, should I feel free to jump
> arbitrarily or do whatever is necessary/convenient to become effective
> longer-term?
>
> Saw an article or two on the Net (http://steve.yegge.googlepages.com/effective-emacs
> ) where the authors are recommending swapping CAPS and CTRL keys. Not
> sure if this by itself would be enough, or if I would need to also
> break standard typing rules?
>
> For example: If I had to type
> C-x t C-u 8 0
>
> using the standard typing rules, I would use
> <finger> ( <for-key> )
>
> Right pinky (C)
> Left ring finger (x)
> Left pinky (C)
> Right index finger (u)
> Right middle finger (8)
> Right pinky (0)
>
> How would you type the above? Similarly, an example recommendation of
> a complicated, Meta key combination would also help.
>
> Hoping to hear from Emacs experts and veterans. Thanks...
>
> Regards,
> /SD
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-09 15:22 How to type when using Emacs? SomeDeveloper
2008-07-09 18:47 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-07-09 20:24 ` Xah [this message]
2008-07-10 3:31 ` [Bulk] " William Case
2008-07-10 7:33 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2008-07-10 8:04 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-07-10 19:40 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-07-10 19:45 ` Joel J. Adamson
[not found] ` <mailman.14501.1215719439.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-10 23:58 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-11 1:26 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-07-11 3:31 ` Xah
2008-07-11 6:43 ` Cezar Halmagean
[not found] ` <mailman.14535.1215759012.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-11 6:58 ` Miles Bader
2008-07-11 18:57 ` Evans Winner
2008-07-16 2:37 ` Sean Sieger
2008-07-11 18:01 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-07-11 18:48 ` don provan
2008-07-11 19:14 ` Evans Winner
2008-07-11 21:34 ` tyler
2008-07-12 7:00 ` David
2008-07-12 13:08 ` Xah
2008-08-09 14:52 ` David Combs
2008-08-09 15:07 ` Xah
[not found] ` <mailman.14500.1215719199.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-07-11 4:59 ` SomeDeveloper
2008-08-09 14:47 ` David Combs
2008-08-09 19:01 ` Xah
2008-08-09 21:14 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-08-09 21:36 ` Lennart Borgman (gmail)
2008-08-10 0:06 ` Joel J. Adamson
[not found] ` <mailman.16246.1218317853.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-08-23 21:44 ` David Combs
2008-08-12 5:18 ` YSK
2008-08-12 8:02 ` Xah
2008-07-11 19:04 ` don provan
2008-07-11 19:33 ` harven
2008-07-11 22:34 ` Florian Beck
2008-08-09 15:07 ` David Combs
2008-08-09 19:03 ` Xah
2008-07-12 0:28 ` Memnon Anon
2008-07-12 1:13 ` tyler
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2008-08-10 0:49 Jay Belanger
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