when it comes to non-nano ill take vim as its what the good ol army and mr paul flint taught me lol , my golf cart has rocket boosters tho :(
warmest regards, Chris Yarger web: http://YargerDesigns.org skype: cpyarger msn: [email protected] aim: patyarg yahoo: christoyarg ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign X against HTML e-mail / \ On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Anthony Carrico <[email protected]>wrote: > Rene Churchill wrote: > > If you want to seriously use Emacs, it's just about mandatory to use a > > keymap editor and swap the Caps Lock and Ctrl keys. Otherwise the > > cramps from finger-pretzel positions can get pretty bad. > > Ironically, way back when I was using emacs on a Sun box, the ctrl key > WAS on the home row and I learned xmodmap to put it on the bottom row. > Depending on the keyboard and key pitch, try hitting ctrl with an > underhanded thumb instead of pinky. Also try a slightly undersized > keyboard. > > Most importantly, use TWO ctrl keys (one on each side), so that you can > use TWO hands to make chords. One hand for the primary key, and one hand > for the modifier(s). In my experience, that + touch typing Dvorak will > save your hands. > > -- > Anthony Carrico > >
