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I'm not an emacs user, but there are a lot of great tips on this site. The one about using one's palm to hit ctrl has been life-changing for me (works great on

• astrodust 13y ago
  It's not nearly as easy on the notebook style keyboard with "Fn" in the corner, but with some finesse it's still popular. It's even better than using the key in the typical caps lock position as it's essentially zero fingers. I normally use the top-left corner of my hand to slap the CTRL key down, a trick from RTS type games where you'd often have to do things like CTRL+1, CTRL+2, etc. Same trick applies in any editor making use of control.
  • tammer 13y ago
    On laptops I use the my palm with the arrow keys - surprisingly, I'm just as accurate as when I curl my fingers/move my wrist on most models.