Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
At Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:56:27 -0600, Dave Täht wrote: What I'd like is numlock to do the right thing, which to me, when on, is to not only turn on the numeric keypad, but shift the !...@#$%^*() characters so they don't need to be shifted to reach. And I don't know how to do that in xmodmap. I am not sure how to make the numlock key turn into a toggle that would make the number keys reverse their meaning. However, you could make the numlock key act as a modifier key which, in conjunction with any number key, would give the number you want. Or maybe the caps lock key will do what you want? Sorry I cannot be more helpful here; my use of xmodmap is limited to remapping specific keys such as the windows keys, the alg-gr key and the caps lock key. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
At Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:42:44 -0600, Dave Täht wrote: I keep meaning, one of these days, to figure out how to invert the upper row of the keyboard by default. I find it much easier to type numbers on the keypad, anyway, and hitting shift to get to !...@#$%^*() seems redundant. Interesting idea (although impractical for me as two of four keyboards I use daily do not have keypads...). If you are using X Windows, you could always remap trivially using xmodmap. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk, Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk writes: At Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:42:44 -0600, Dave Täht wrote: I keep meaning, one of these days, to figure out how to invert the upper row of the keyboard by default. I find it much easier to type numbers on the keypad, anyway, and hitting shift to get to !...@#$%^*() seems redundant. Interesting idea (although impractical for me as two of four keyboards I use daily do not have keypads...). If you are using X Windows, you could always remap trivially using xmodmap. What I'd like is numlock to do the right thing, which to me, when on, is to not only turn on the numeric keypad, but shift the !...@#$%^*() characters so they don't need to be shifted to reach. And I don't know how to do that in xmodmap. -- Dave Taht http://the-edge.blogspot.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
Michael Brand michael.br...@alumni.ethz.ch writes: First of all I am interested in improving the use of the modifier keys. To see what my preferences for moving them are read my (cisum) post here http://forum.colemak.com/viewtopic.php?pid=2552#p2552 and follow both links there. I am quite carpal, and do a few things to compensate for it. I map capslock to control, always. I use abbrev-mode for stuff like I don't wouldn't shouldn't I'd and I'm, so I just type them lower case, without the quote, and abbrev expands them for me. (I would love it if someone wrote a clever routine to figure out when to use it's vs its, I can't ever get it right anyway. Something that would activate at the end of a sentence, look for an obvious verb, and take a best guess at the possessive or contraction form, but I digress...) I use auto-capitalize-mode to handle sentence starts and, also, words like Linux and LISP also get the correct casing treatment. (I'd love to have a much bigger list of abbrevs, I should go looking for one) These two modes in combination almost eliminates entirely my need to hit the shift key. In addition to cntrl-h being backspace, so is control-j. In text modes, I have been known to remap ; and ' to return. I figure for a few computer languages (like python) I could do that, too. I find making this context switch kind of hard (and it drives other people nuts)), however, I'd stopped doing it, until recently, because I wasn't running my life out of emacs and other apps don't take kindly to losing those keys. Although I agree with many of xah lee's suggestions ( http://xahlee.org/emacs/ergonomic_emacs_keybinding.html) about remapping emacs more ergonomically, he's wrong about meta. The second easiest thing for me to hit, after caps-lock, is the chord of capslock+shift. It's easier than alt or meta by far. That said, I have only mapped that to a few things because I just can't seem to stop using cntrl-x for commands, it's too ingrained. I'd like to save future generations pain, however... (Mostly where I remapped something that was normally cntrl-whatever, I made it cntrl-shift-whatever) I used to have a BTC keyboard with a split spacebar, half backspace, half space. Loved it. Why the spacebar has to be so huge and the other keys relatively so tiny bothers me a lot. Given the relative flexibility of my thumbs, I wouldn't mind a triply split keyboard spacebar - backspace, space, and control. I keep meaning, one of these days, to figure out how to invert the upper row of the keyboard by default. I find it much easier to type numbers on the keypad, anyway, and hitting shift to get to !...@#$%^*() seems redundant. -- Dave Taht http://the-edge.blogspot.com ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk, Eric S Fraga ucec...@ucl.ac.uk writes: At Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:50:08 -0400, Matt Lundin wrote: key. Thus, short of using viper, the only solution that works for me is to use the Caps Lock key as Control. With that slight modification, I find emacs controls *very* comfortable (perhaps even as comfortable than Yes, making caps lock act as control is key to using emacs without pain (for me). However, it's not a full solution for some keyboards which don't have a caps lock key. Therefore, I'm intrigued by your reference to viper: is it possible to use, constructively and easily, viper with org-mode? If so, any pointers on how to accomplish this would be fantastic! A modal approach to writing/editing is fine with me. Well, I'm sorry to say that org-mode was the reason I abandoned viper. It's probably a limitation of mine, but I found it too confusing to go back and forth between all the C-c keys and viper's modal commands. I also found the behavior of dd and the like to be unpredictable when called on closed outline headings, drawers, etc. I much prefer the behavior of C-k in org-mode's native keybindings. I imagine there are others around here who have gotten it working. IMO, viper is fine for relatively simple text modes. But for more complex modes, I found it easier to stick with emacs' native keybindings. YMMV. - Matt ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
At Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:34:27 -0400, Matthew Lundin wrote: Well, I'm sorry to say that org-mode was the reason I abandoned viper. It's probably a limitation of mine, but I found it too confusing to go back and forth between all the C-c keys and viper's modal commands. I Thanks Matt. I kind of expected that to be the case. Oh well, I'll stick to standard emacs for now then! eric ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 07:50, PTspamfilteracco...@gmail.com wrote: Daniel Martins danielemc at gmail.com writes: Sticky keys takes some getting used to. It makes every modifier key work a little like caps lock. Sounds horrible, doesn't it? Well, it's not really. Basically, if you press control once, it locks control down for the next keystroke only, after which point the keyboard returns to normal. Press control twice, and it locks down until you release it with a third press. C-x C-f Used to be: press and hold control. Press and release x. press and release f. Release control. Now it's Press and release control twice. Press and release x. press and release f. Press and release control. I don't know which implementation you use, but with Windows' built-in sticky key setup there is no change compared to the usual order of keys: press/release ctrl, press/release x, press/release ctrl, press/release f No need to press and release control twice at the beginning, so it's the same number of keypresses as the usual method, you only need to pay attention you release the previous key before pressing the next one. yes, you can do it this way too, in fact I usually do for two-key sequences. You do have the option of locking down a modifier key by pressing it twice. Press once more to release it. Occasionally I find myself inputting a burst of keystrokes under the same modifier, in cases like that it can make sense to do this. (Think of it as a mode, in the way that word is used among the vi crowd.) I use that when I'm going to be repeating the same control key binding often, i.e. when I'm isearching through a document looking at all the matches: [ctrl] [s] sometext [ctrl][ctrl] [s] [s] [s] [s] [s] [s] [s] ... [ctrl] instead of [ctrl] [s] sometext [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] [ctrl] [s] ... // Ben ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
Re: [Orgmode] Re: RSI
At Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:50:08 -0400, Matt Lundin wrote: key. Thus, short of using viper, the only solution that works for me is to use the Caps Lock key as Control. With that slight modification, I find emacs controls *very* comfortable (perhaps even as comfortable than Yes, making caps lock act as control is key to using emacs without pain (for me). However, it's not a full solution for some keyboards which don't have a caps lock key. Therefore, I'm intrigued by your reference to viper: is it possible to use, constructively and easily, viper with org-mode? If so, any pointers on how to accomplish this would be fantastic! A modal approach to writing/editing is fine with me. ___ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
