The lack of need for Caps-Lock (was laptop keyboard replacement)
Kevin D. Clark
kclark at CetaceanNetworks.com
Thu Jul 31 20:45:43 EDT 2003
Derek Martin <gnhlug at sophic.org> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 11:46:12AM -0400, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> > If you want to use your caps lock key, use it. Myself and other
> > people think that it is a useless key.
[snip]
> But why hate it?
Remember, I said that I found the key to be useless, not that I hate
it. I even use the key occasionally, to see if my fingers can send my
brain a mesage in Morse Code.
I rarely use the cursor keys either -- for a long time I accessed
computers over low-speed modems, with lots of line noise. In emacs
and shells I use things like C-n and M-f, and in vi I use "hjkl" and
other commands. In not using the cursor keys, I avoided inserting a
lot of garbage into my code. Call me an old-timer, but this works for
me.
[snip]
> Speaking for myself, I use the ctrl key on PC keyboards often, and
> have no problems with cramping. Of course, in contrast to Bob's
> comment about being very large, I'm short and have small hands,
> which may account for that. My pinky has to contort less to make use
> of it in its location on a PC keyboard.
Maybe it's an emacs thing. All of the emacs users that I know want
the control key next to the 'a' on a QWERTY keyboard. Even
Windows/Emacs programmers that I know do this.
> I think in the end it's just a matter of what you're used to. I
> don't think a clear argument can be made that one or the other is
> better.
Agreed. It's a matter of personal preference.
Regards,
--kevin
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