RE: A more modest proposal (Was: Emacs learning curve)

[Drew Adams]

> >> There may not be a keyboard command for minimizing the window.
> >> C-z is so much faster than reaching for the mouse when you are typing.
> >
> > But minimizing Emacs means you've *stopped* typing. :-)
> 
> and moved on to another frame or application to continue typing there.

[FWIW (off topic), I iconify frames to small, thumbnail frames.
For me, C-z is a toggle: iconify/map.  And when a frame is thus
iconified it does not lose its focus.]