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- From: bwalker@nosc.mil (Beth Walker)
- Newsgroups: comp.edu
- Subject: Re: Keyboarding
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.152841.29974@nosc.mil>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 15:28:41 GMT
- References: <24AUG199221030176@deimos.ucc.umass.edu> <1992Aug25.150442.5851@nosc.mil> <25AUG199215042556@deimos.ucc.umass.edu>
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- In article <25AUG199215042556@deimos.ucc.umass.edu>
- s8486534@deimos.ucc.umass.edu (PRESCOTT SMITH) writes:
- > Can't imagine anyone's doing "straight" typing anymore, even with a
- >word processor, let alone emacs or other text editors which most of us have
- >to use on a mainframe. School children are into logo and pascal!
- >
- Still, if you are writing a book report, essay, etc., the majority of
- the effort will be in typing the text, not in using special key
- sequences. (Of course, I use a MacIntosh for most of my work so I
- don't need to learn funky key sequences for special editors like Emacs
- (little smiley)). I do program, or at least I do when they let me,
- but the 'special' sequences are often done with the mouse - not the
- keyboard. Yes, Copy and Paste can be keyboard functions, but these
- sequences will be different for every editor you use (unless its a
- Mac).
-
- If you are addressing these types of special sequences, I can't see
- any use in 'teaching' them to students, since they will have to use a
- variety of editors. I was simply speaking about the enhanced speed
- a student who knows touch typing will have over a pure hunt n peck
- typist for typing in text.
-