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Re: Control-C conundrum
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: Control-C conundrum |
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Sat, 6 Jun 2015 11:45:58 -0600 |
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Jonathan Groll wrote:
> No matter what keyboard you use, I've always thought that the idea is
> to always use BOTH the left and right 'modifier' keys. So, what I am
> saying is that should you want to type say 'C-p' then the left hand
> presses the left control key and the right hand presses the P key. For
> 'C-c' the right hand presses the right control key and the left hand
> presses the C key. The fingers of one hand shouldn't be 'scrunched
> up', and both hands should work in concert.
>
> Of course, if you swap control with caps-lock then there isn't a
> caps-lock key on the right hand side of the keyboard, so I'm not sure
> what folks do in that situation.
Having typed for years on keyboards prior to the IBM PC keyboard with
the multiple control keys I could only use the left pinky for the
control key. The vt100 doesn't have a control key on the right side
for example but only one on the left. Therefore my habits were
already set by the time a right control key became available. These
days I mostly use the right control for the Compose key.
I type relatively fast but have acquired some less than perfect habits
over the years. C-b is the example for me. The 'b' key is a left
pointing finger key. However with the left pinky on the control,
especially on the older keyboards where control was left further
outside of the capslock, that was quite a stretch! I got into the
habit of using left pinky for control and right pointing finger for
the 'b' key. That works great. Until you are on a split ergonomic
keyboard. On those with C-b my right finger usually taps into a solid
plastic spot with no key! That is my biggest worst bad habit for
typing that always shows up on a split ergo keyboard. :-/
All habits can be learned and unlearned with practice. I am
completely bilingual with regards to switching between emacs and vi
for example. But I never picked up the Dvorak key layout. I never
picked up using the right control or alt/meta. Some habits are deeper
and harder than others.
> I'm a happy Kinesis Advantage keyboard user, and that keyboard
> promotes the above described usage of both sides of the keyboard. I'm
> not sure how well the Advantage will work out with a thumb injury
> though as you do use your thumbs quite a bit with it. Kinesis sell a
> three pedal foot switch that works with their keyboards.
I have friends who use that keyboard and also seem happy with it. Two
of them use it in Dvorak key layout mode for double the benefit.
Since I am using my trusty classic ThinkPad keyboard a lot I think it
would be a hard thing for me to learn. And it is an expensive
keyboard.
Bob
Re: Control-C conundrum, Bob Proulx, 2015/06/04
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- Re: Control-C conundrum, Bob Proulx, 2015/06/06
- Re: Control-C conundrum, Tim Johnson, 2015/06/10
- Re: Control-C conundrum, Haines Brown, 2015/06/11
- Re: Control-C conundrum, Tim Johnson, 2015/06/11
- Re: Control-C conundrum, Bob Proulx, 2015/06/12
- Re: Control-C conundrum, Eric Abrahamsen, 2015/06/12
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