> Emacs wants you to hit the meta/alt key a lot, which is difficult for a touch typist. hmm.... I wonder if this is the reason Mac OS uses the option key for

> Emacs wants you to hit the meta/alt key a lot, which is difficult for a touch typist. hmm.... I wonder if this is the reason Mac OS uses the option key for things like 'kill word' (ctrl+backspace on other OSes or ctrl+w in vi). I have a hard time typing quickly using option/command instead of ctrl. I also prefer vi-like keybindings.