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Subject: Re: Let's Talk Keyboards!
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.100700.1@hulaw1.harvard.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 15:07:00 GMT
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In article <1991Apr4.214903.5040@ecf.utoronto.ca>, xiaoy@ecf.toronto.edu (XIAO  Yan) writes:
> 
> Talking about keyboard, just curious about how you guys cope with keyboards
> with CTRL key below SHIFT key while CAPS/LOCK next to A key.
> 
> I sometimes run across these keyboards (Mac, Some 101's, SGI's PI etc) and
> have no idea of how people can correct typing errors.  Being an impefect
> touch typist I need CTRL-H all the time. 
> ...
	I'm a touch typist and I find I hit the backspace key frequently. 
Luckily that key is in the same place on most keyboards.  Except the VT100
where I always end up hitting the break key (often with disasterous results to
the session...).

	Do many people redefine a backspace or delete key binding in their
editor so that it is easier/faster to reach?  Do people always define, for
example, ^d as a backspace key?  I never use the delete-current-character
keystroke/binding.  I always backspace over it, even if I can hop the cursor to
the mistake instantly by backing up with a go-backward or search command.

	Given how sloppily I type, I probably would reverse the space bar and
backspace key if I could. :-)

James
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