From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastien Vauban" Subject: Re: org-meta-return Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:10:13 +0100 Message-ID: <868v6bib56.fsf@somewhere.org> References: <5387.1361401155@alphaville> <5951.1361405498@alphaville> <20130221004317.GA3911@kuru.dyndns-at-home.com> <6251.1361409050@alphaville> <87vc9fjvlb.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org To: emacs-orgmode-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Eric, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Nick Dokos writes: > > [...] > >> I hope everybody does that. I use both the left and right control keys >> depending on where the "controlled" key is: C-whatever is always a two-hand >> operation for me. M-x is not however (they are close enough so that left >> thumb and index can do the job): both right and left Alt keys are mapped to >> meta so there is no reason it couldn't be other than habit. But I probably >> should get out of the habit. > > As a previous sufferer of serious RSI, I always warn people against > key-chording that requires any contortion. C-M-x (with x=anything on the > left half of the keyboard basically) is a bad thing. In fact, often anything > with M- is bad for me. I tend to avoid such key chords. For instance, for > M-x, I have > > (global-set-key '[(control x) (control m)] 'execute-extended-command) > > Actually, in practice, I use evil-mode everywhere so I have practically no > key chords! For M-x, I type ", x"... I have defined a number of key org > commands into the evil key maps and I'm a happy camper! Quite a bit OT, but is it true that, for example, to type `C-whatever', we should use both hands, one for `C' and the other for `whatever'? Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban