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Re: How to type when using Emacs?
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Alan Mackenzie |
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Re: How to type when using Emacs? |
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Wed, 9 Jul 2008 18:47:10 +0000 (UTC) |
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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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