From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rick Hohensee Message-Id: <200009260533.BAA02210@smarty.smart.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] Re 2 button mouse + Inferno To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 01:33:48 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200009251335.OAA18354@pc095.cs.york.ac.uk> from "ianb@cs.york.ac.uk" at Sep 25, 0 02:35:41 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0e033646-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > > >I also wonder if much of the discontent with the mouse has to do with the > >ubiquitous Microsoft keyboards that require one's right hand to move some 35cm > >to get to the mouse. I would think a keyboard without the cursor and numeric > >pads would be as important and the 3-button mouse. > > I use a cardboard platform fitted over the numeric and cursor key > area, with a mouse mat glued on. It is VERY effective at reducing the > time spent thrashing to the mouse. I have used this for about 18 months > and thoroughly recommend it. > > (It also increases the accuracy of mouse movements, but i don't know why.) > > On this machine however, I have moved the keys into something resembling a > Dvorak left handed keyboard, so i am typing with my left hand only > and keeping the mouse in my right. It has taken me about a month to get > used to, and now my typing is just acceptably accurate although it is a > little slow. > > I have also tilted the keyboard with the right 'hand' side up about 8cm. > It seems to reduce the strain an my wrists. > > (I like the chording btw.) > > Food for thought. > > Ian > > It anyone wants my keyboard layout, let me know...it is similar to > Dvorak's left handed version, but i moved the characters used in > C and Perl closer to the home position and made good use of the extra > microsoft keys for a delete and enter next to the spacebar, just under > my thumb. > > > Wow. Great idea. Ideas rather. Where does your left hand rest? I use The Lemming Pelt(TM). The Lemming Pelt is a piece of Dr. Scholl's moleskin with a hole in it. Bout like so... _________ / \ | ___ | | / \ | | | | | | | | | | \___/ | | | | | | | \_________/ Stick it to the underside of your mouse. Moleskin may have a bit too much nap for some mice. First aid tape or some fuzzy art/craft stuff would do. Discard your mousepad, and that old toothbrush you use to clean the mouse ball-rollers with. My mousepad is a piece of Italian marble about a half inch by 6 by 10 inches, which may soon be propped up over my numpad. The left-hand Dvorak thing is a problem. The brilliance of it takes all the luster off my Hexhed keymap, which I was very proud of until I read your post. This is what I get in Linux when I hit the pause key in Hexhed.... cLIeNUX hexhead esc f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f6 f7 f8 f9 f10 f11 f12 ps sl pic [LEDs] ~ v j x q ' < > a b c d ] bs ins hm pgup nl / * - tab p u n k y dn up 7 8 9 e e \ del end pgdn 7 8 9 + cl s l i g h t ; 4 5 6 f entr 4 5 6 shift w o r m z , . 1 2 3 shift up 1 2 3 ent ctrl alt space 0 ctrl lft dn rt 0 . I have an extra e. What's a 4-letter word using e and 3 of the set of [ v j x q ] ? I will now hit my f10, f11 and f12 keys ( and 3 ENTERs)... loadkeys /.et/keyboard/defkeymap.map loadkeys /.et/keyboard/dvorak.map loadkeys /.et/keyboard/hexhead.map The command to set the Hexhead map is aaaa, which is ssss on a hexhead-keycapped keyboard being interpreted as a querty. What's with small keyboards? I think the keys are too small. I have average hands for a 6' tall man. Old Genuine Clicky PS/2 keyboards have consistant keycap contours, and that great Selectric feel, but the damn Satisfying Click(TM) is to satisfy the boss that you're busy. There are millions of PS/2's in storage, I'm told. Computers are hard to discard, due to the lead. Rick Hohensee