For emacs ergonomics, use a keyboard with Ctrl and Alt on both sides of the spacebar. Xah Lee is right about that. http://xahlee.info/ http://xahlee.info/ The

For emacs ergonomics, use a keyboard with Ctrl and Alt on both sides of the spacebar. Xah Lee is right about that. http://xahlee.info/ http://xahlee.info/ The odds that you can create a custom layout more ergonomic than using an appropriate keyboard are not great. The odds that you can do so more quickly than Amazon can deliver you an appropriate keyboard are vanishingly small... As Larry Ellison said, "You are holding it wrong." Good luck.