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Re: basic question: going back to dired
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Chris McMahan |
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Re: basic question: going back to dired |
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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:37:30 -0400 |
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Juan Manuel Menéndez Bellón <juanma_bellon@yahoo.es> writes:
> --- El jue, 31/7/08, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> escribió:
>
>> > I find C-x C-c really easy.
>>
>> I don't find any control key combo "easy".
>> Perhaps I would find them a bit easier if I did the usual Caps Lock /
>> Ctrl switch, but I suspect it wouldn't be much of a difference.
>
> Of course, I'm not sure how it will feel for you, but I find it to be a
> very big difference. That switch moves the Ctrl key from a position that
> is unreachable with normal typing position and a fairly normal keyboard,
> to a position in the home row. You pass from needing to shift your whole
> arm to needing a minor pinky shift.
>
> I use Control more often than Caps Lock (by orders of magnitude, I'm
> sure), so I rather have the former in the home row.
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Juanma
I must agree wholeheartedly with Juanma. Until I remap the caps-lock
to control, I'm basically useless in Emacs. Once the change is made,
however, I can touch type and move around in emacs without even really
thinking about it. It becomes much easier!
- Chris
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