Re: [dev] Sandy editor

On Fri, 27 May 2011 10:29:17 +0200
Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.aptel_AT_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>

how ironic you pledge for "sane" keybindings and suggest
bindings optimized for qwerty users...

I use dvorak, so I would prefer bindings optimized for that, but I
realise different people use different layouts, so everyone should be
able to choose how they like it.

Dieter
Received on Fri May 27 2011 - 10:54:55 CEST