I won't use a keyboard that hasn't got the backslash in the right place. Over the enter key, where it belongs, and my my pinkie can find it.
Also, I use the navigation keys (home, end, etc) ALL THE TIME, so they have to be there. ~~James On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Me, touch-typing on a keyboard where I can't cheat by looking at the keys? > Well, that would be one way to guarantee less traffic from me on the FRIAM > list. > > And as Marcus suggests: it would make finding M-C-\ a lot more difficult... > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Gary Schiltz <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> The construction sounds nice, but what's with that whole glob of keys on >> the right side, making you reach several inches further to get to the mouse? >> You know, the ones with numbers on them? I ain't no freekin' accountant, I >> want my numbers on the top row, above the "Q W E R T Y" keys just like on my >> old Royal manual typewriter. And CAPS LOCK to the left of the pinkie? >> Puhleeze! Enough to give an Emacs junkie pinkie tendonitis. >> >> :-) :-) >> >> Now here is a real keyboard for Unix & Emacs geeks: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Hacking_Keyboard >> (available at http://pfuca-store.stores.yahoo.net/haphackeyser.html) >> >> Been banging away on mine for quite a few years now. >> >> ;; Gary >> >> On Sep 15, 2009, at 8:33 PM, Marcus G. Daniels wrote: >>> >>> Douglas Roberts wrote: >>>> >>>> Stupid new soft keyboard. I miss the old clicky-clicky IBM ones. >>> >>> ooh I've got a `daskeyboard' for my birthday with IBM clicky-clicky keys >>> and no labels on any of them. Nice. ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
