From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 22:11:05 +0100 From: Ethan Grammatikidis To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-Id: <20090701221105.fdc6262f.eekee57@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <639f03b145f3dfa9434cef8538abecf0@bellsouth.net> References: <1d15b0939b72b2a96dda32db53d449ab@coraid.com> <639f03b145f3dfa9434cef8538abecf0@bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Guide to using Acme effectively? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 1273092a-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:00:01 -0500 blstuart@bellsouth.net wrote: > > perhaps i should have taken piano, but i find the > > That's an interesting observation. As it turns out I > do play, and it's certainly possible that it colors my > taste in UIs. > > > contortions kbd-based editors such as vi or emacs > > require to be quite irritating indeed. fumbling for > > I don't disagree with you there. Me either, I like vi better than emacs simply because it requires fingertwisting much more rarely. > > > the esc key takes ones left hand out of position > > I'm less sensitive to esc, probably because I used teco > heavily in college. Of course, the fact that esc is in > the wrong place on current keyboards doesn't help > any. I wish I'd kept the original IBM PC (Not AT) keyboard I had. Esc was at the left of 1, and the numeric pad wasn't stupidly far off to the right. Linux has a driver for PC keyboards too. > > > i've enjoyed using ibm's trackpoint, but i've got > > two thumbs and acme needs three buttons. > > clearly there's room for improvement in input > > devices. > > Agreed on both points. > > BLS > > -- Ethan Grammatikidis Those who are slower at parsing information must necessarily be faster at problem-solving.