A keystroke away from Doom.

[William Park]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 03:11:22PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> | From: Giles Orr <gilesorr-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
> 
> | Keystroke stories ... imagine learning vi on a Dvorak keyboard.  H is where
> | your J is.  J is where your C is.  K is where your V is, and L is where
> | your P is.  So much for physical layout having anything to do with the
> | associated directions!
> 
> EMACS keystrokes were designed for touch typists.  We don't know where
> the key is, our fingers do.  Characters, not key positions, are chosen
> for a function, Forward, Back, Preceding, Next: ^f, ^b, ^p, ^n.

My main problem with Emacs sequences is that <Ctrl> are painful to get
at.  It made sense with "Happy Hacker" keyboard, though.

But, with current "IBM" keyboard layout, Vi sequence makes more sense.
For me, I use Vi everywhere, even my command line is vi-mode.
-- 
William
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