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For Ctrl, I recommend pressing it with the knuckle of your little finger. There's a photo of the technique here, about halfway down: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/

by tom_ 8y ago

For Ctrl, I recommend pressing it with the knuckle of your little finger. There's a photo of the technique here, about halfway down: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_pinky.html http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_pinky.html The main advantage of this over rebinding Caps Lock: it keeps the meta keys symmetrical, so you don't have to faff about rebinding Enter, or wonder about how you're going to solve the issue of hitting Ctrl with your right hand. (Lee recommends not doing this, citing unspecified issues with the little finger. For whatever it's worth, probably not much in the face of that kind of argument, I've been doing this for about ten years now and haven't noticed any problems. I'm afraid you're just going to have to make your own decision here.)

YeGoblynQueenne 8y ago
On some desktop keyboards (like mine) it's also possible to press each control key with the metacarpal phalangeal joint on the respective hand- that's the bit of bone and sinew at the base of the pinky finger [1]. Or, you can always move your palm to the side and hit CTRL with your thumb, but that means your fingers must leavet he home row. I often use my thumb to press Ctrl+E/D to scroll up/down in vim. _____________ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacarpal_bones#/media/File:Metacarpus_(left_hand)_dorsal_view.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacarpal_bones#/media/File:M...