From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@colin2.muc.de>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to type when using Emacs?
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:47:10 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <g5313e$2u2i$1@colin2.muc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ac55012e-d02e-46fd-85c2-8da28453af07@r66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com
SomeDeveloper <somedeveloper@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
Hi!
> Just getting started with Emacs. Would like to get advice on how to
> train finger movement when learning/using Emacs.
I've used Emacs a lot for a long time. What I'm about to say works for
me, but there's no guarantee it'll work for you. I suggest you take
everybody's suggestions here and try them out. Then put them together
in the way which works for you.
> 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?
I stick to English touch-typing rules. If you can do it, I'd stick with
this. However, I've also got a secondary "home position", with my right
hand down by the 4 arrow keys (middle, ring, pinky), <ctrl> (thumb) and
<shift> (fore).
> 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?
I tried this once, but it didn't gain me enough to make it worth the
hassle of re-learning.
> 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.
For some reason, I only use my LH for <ctrl> (apart from as described
above). So my finger-sequence would be:
L Pinky, L Middle (C-x)
L Fore (t)
L Pinky, R Index (C-u)
R Index (8)
R ring (0)
> Hoping to hear from Emacs experts and veterans. Thanks...
> Regards,
> /SD
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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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 [this message]
2008-07-09 20:24 ` Xah
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
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
[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
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2008-08-10 0:49 Jay Belanger
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