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- From: jcf@world.std.com (Joseph C Fineman)
- Subject: Re: hand injuries
- Message-ID: <C1Fz0r.LxG@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <1993Jan26.002855.29015@smos.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:29:14 GMT
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- david@smos.com (David Tornheim) writes:
-
- > The frequent use of the CNTL key combined
- >with another key is the motion that is most painful. (e.g. I use C-b and
- >C-f a lot to move around within a line, since commands like M-F and
- >M-B actually take longer).
-
- I consider the control key a pest too; all the other modifications are
- prefix keys, and I don't like the exception. So I have defined a
- prefix key equivalent to control. I don't use it for simple things
- like forward-char and backward-char, tho; I have them bound to special
- keys, so they are one stroke.
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