Moving the Ctrl Key

Re:Moving the Ctrl Key by convolvatron on Sunday December 25, 2022 @05:17PM (#34132053)

or, if you're really that much a dedicated emacs user, get a split keyboard with modifiers on the thumb. as you suggest, you can also double-map modifiers, so that C-M-x is just two thumbs and a finger. you can go really fast this way.

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Re:Moving the Ctrl Key by BeetleB on Sunday December 25, 2022 @07:40PM (#34133238)

That's fine advice, but I will note that twice in my career I've had bad RSI issues due to overuse of my thumb. I learned the wisdom of trying to utilize as many fingers as possible.

Perhaps it slows me down a little, but my performance is not correlated with typing speed.

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Re:Moving the Ctrl Key by nine_k on Sunday December 25, 2022 @09:49PM (#34134018)

Modifiers on the home row are easier.

Thumbs are good for layer switching, keys like Tab and Enter, etc, which are important but not very-very frequent.

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