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1. Swap Ctrl and Alt -- use your thumb to push control, like you would to push the Command Key in a mac. 2. Make CapsLock an extra Esc. Your vim and emacs edi
by albertcardona 18y ago
1. Swap Ctrl and Alt -- use your thumb to push control, like you would to push the Command Key in a mac.
2. Make CapsLock an extra Esc.
Your vim and emacs editing will never be the same.
- ajross 18y agoGoodness, no. What kind of weird keyboard did that? Everyone knows that the appropriate position for Ctrl is to the left of 'A', and that Alt/Meta belongs below '/' where you can find it with the pinkie of your right hand. This was the layout for the Sun Type 2 (?) keyboard, and the standard for emacs users from time immemorial.
- nuggien 18y ago> Goodness, no. What kind of weird keyboard did that? The point is to avoid using your pinky (weakest finger) for too many things. Mapping caps to ctrl means you're going to be using your pinky a lot. Congratulations, you've just introduced RSI to your left hand. Check out the kinesis keyboard, where your thumbs do the major lifting: http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm
- etal 18y agoNothing makes me more miserable than having to scrunch up my hand to hit the Alt key. I can deal with stretching out my hands and using the pinky -- most musical instruments don't baby the pinky, and saxophone makes it do extra work, for example. But thumb-scrunching just makes me feel clumsy. Sorry.