On Fri, 20 May 2016 08:29:17 +0200 m_maass <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > very good idea! > > Please take a look for one Unix keyboard, > https://deskthority.net/w/images/8/8d/Suntype5.jpg > > > For my finger/thumb is a pleasant to have Ctrl on the right place, > i use often Ctrl-a, Ctrl-s, Ctrl-w, Ctrl-x, Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v, Ctrl-q, > Ctrl-e
Yes! I just realized that moving the Ctrl key would bring my entire workflow to a halt, because I invoke dmenu with Ctrl+Shift+;, and toggle a laptop's mousepad with Ctrl+Shift+j. Ctrl+Shift is trivial for a touch-typist, without thought or looking at the keyboard, because really you just send your little finger left and down, and have the others follow it left. To get back to home typing position is simply a matter of snaking the other way. If ctrl were where caps-lock is now, you'd need to go left and up, and your little finger is too short for that: You'd need need to move your whole hand off the ASDF row, and that's sloooooow. The world has a 25 year accumulation of hotkeys. A lot are based purely on ergonomics (think vim). The time to change the keyboard was in the 20th century, not now. Of course, this isn't to day Devuan couldn't have an *optional* package to switch the two keys, for those who wanted to do so. SteveT Steve Litt May 2016 featured book: Rapid Learning for the 21st Century http://www.troubleshooters.com/rl21 _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
