Re: [dev] Sandy editor

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 4:52 AM, John Matthewman <jmatthewman_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> Yea, probably a good idea (of course, ignoring Emacs' chained
> keybindings). Sandy would benefit from a better set of default
> bindings. Though for reference you might want to look at something
> like mg [http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mg], or one of
> the other micro Emacs implementations, as they'll have the most
> important bindings and commands, and you won't have to sift through
> all of the extra garbage that is Emacs.

*Please*, use sane keybindings. Emacs and vi were made with a specific
keyboard from the 70s in mind. A time were the hjkl keys had little
arrows on them. A triangle layout (wqsd or ijkl for example) is much
easier to type.

Highly recommended readings from the (in?)famous Xah Lee:
http://xahlee.org/emacs/keyboard_hardware_and_key_choices.html
http://xahlee.org/kbd/vi_emacs_keybinding_design.html
http://xahlee.org/comp/keyboard_shortcut_design.html

Keyboard related (prepare for some time warp if you start reading):
http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/keyboarding.html
Received on Fri May 27 2011 - 10:29:17 CEST