From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22184 invoked from network); 6 Feb 2021 22:39:14 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Feb 2021 22:39:14 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9104E9C883; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 08:39:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 296E59BA45; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 08:38:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E7B419BA45; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 08:38:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from nsstlmta18p.bpe.bigpond.com (nsstlmta18p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.18]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF6FE9BA3F for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 08:38:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.24.4]) by nsstlfep18p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20210206223832.NUJW10815.nsstlfep18p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:38:32 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrgeelucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepkeeiteejueeuhfefgeeuvdduieefvedugfevtdffkefhffejkefhuddtteehtefhnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheprghnvghurhhinhdrhhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgpdhinhgvthepuddutddrudeguddrudelfedrvdeffedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqpdhrtghpthhtohepoehtuhhhshesthhuhhhsrdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.420) id 5FE6CCD00BAB6AB8 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:38:32 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 116McVho003134 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:38:31 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 116McUgI003131 for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:38:31 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2021 09:38:30 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: <2ffbcab8-b651-c3f9-d4ed-e9ff792cfde6@mhorton.net> Message-ID: References: <5cb7edc8-7d43-aa3a-334f-18e17aa2fa16@gmail.com> <2ffbcab8-b651-c3f9-d4ed-e9ff792cfde6@mhorton.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [TUHS] Typing tutors X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, Mary Ann Horton wrote: > I learned on a manual typewriter in 7th grade, but I got fast on a > keypunch. To this day i don't use the right shift key, because it didn't > work on a keypunch. The 026 (ugh!), or the 029? > At Berkeley, everybody was already a touch typist. That's why vi > commands emphasize lower case letters, especially hjkl which are right > under the home position. The original reason for hjkl was the ADM3A, but > when I added arrow key support to vi and disabled the hardcoded hjkl, a > line of grad students made me put it back. I'm not surprised :-) We were all playing "rogue" back then. And my favourite terminal was indeed the ADM-3A; it just seemed to be designed for Unix, with the ESC key in the right place etc. I still loathe the VT-220... -- Dave, a fast two-finger typist (but with pinkie on RETURN)