The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)
Tom Buskey
tom at buskey.name
Thu Jul 31 11:27:20 EDT 2003
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Derek Martin wrote:
| I would also point out that a PC-style keyboard is closer to a manual
| typewriter keyboard, which has been around MUCH longer than Sun
| workstations have. Which is no doubt why it was designed that way...
| I'm inclined to think that those who hate capslock, and who prefer sun
| keyboards, either learned to type on Suns, or never learned at all.
|
I learned on an Apple ][. IIRC: No caps lock. No shift key (unless you
did the shiftkey mod). The control key was to the left of A. " was
over the 2 key. Lots of wierd keyboards in those days, some good, some bad.
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EMACS == Esc Meta Alt Control Shift
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